cavil
/ˈkævəl/
verb
- To make petty or unnecessary objections; to complain about trivial matters.
- Please don't cavil about the color of the font; the design is fine as it is.
- He tends to cavil at every minor detail in the report instead of focusing on the main point.
- The critics caviled over the movie's small historical inaccuracies.
Antonyms
noun
- A trivial or petty objection or criticism.
- Her only response was a cavil about the punctuation in the email.
- I have no real complaints, just one small cavil about the seating arrangement.
- The committee dismissed his cavil as unimportant.