If your only cavil to your family's trip to Disney World is that you don't like airline food, you're not representing the anti Mickey side of the argument very well. A cavil is a small or petty objection.
Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See
Adjective S.
quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer''s mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Cavil
a.
Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See
Captious.
Caviling
His depreciatory and caviling criticism.
Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See
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