carping

English Thesaurus

1. persistent petty and unjustified criticism (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	criticism, unfavorable judgment,
definition	:	disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings (noun.communication)

derivation	:	captious, faultfinding,
definition	:	tending to find and call attention to faults (adj.all)

derivation	:	captious, faultfinding,
definition	:	tending to find and call attention to faults (adj.all)