carped

VERB

nag

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grumble quibble

STRONG

bother cavil censure complain criticize fuss knock nitpick objurgate pan peck reproach

WEAK

find fault hypercriticize pick at

Antonyms

STRONG

approve compliment laud praise sanction

WEAK

ignore let go

Example Sentences

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Senior executives carped about Chapek to Disney board members.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

“You’re no fun anymore,” carped a college buddy I’d once partied with.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023

They said she was a Brooklyn hipster with artificially inflated lips and carped her father was a millionaire who - allegedly - bankrolled her career.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023

It was a growth policy on steroids, carped one of the few doubters quoted in any of the coverage, the neighborhood activist John Fox.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2018

How those men had carped, and criticized her, chattered of the duties of her soul!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 by Various