cavil: Meaning and Definition of

cav•il

1. to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually fol. by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.

1. to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda.

1. a trivial and annoying objection.
2. the raising of such objections.