Definition
outcaviling
verb
- to surpass or exceed in caviling; to find more faults or make more petty objections than someone else
Usage: archaic; literary; present participle or gerund form of 'outcavil'
Examples
- He was outcaviling his opponent by raising increasingly trivial objections.
- The critic's outcaviling of the author's work seemed excessive and unfair.
- Rather than outcaviling each other, the two scholars decided to focus on constructive debate.
- Her tendency toward outcaviling made it difficult for her to appreciate any artistic merit in the performance.