fault-finding

Fault-finding is a related term of carping.

As a verb carping is

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As an adjective carping is

pertaining to excessive complaining.

As a noun carping is

excessive complaining.

Fault-finding is a related term of caviling.

As a verb caviling is

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As a noun caviling is

cavilation.

Fault-finding is a related term of hypercritical.

As an adjective hypercritical is

meticulously or excessively critical.

Fault-finding is a related term of captious.

As an adjective captious is

(obsolete) that captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.

Censorious is a synonym of fault-finding.

Fault-finding is a related term of condemnatory.

As an adjective condemnatory is

serving to condemn or censure.