Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault.

More definitions
  • someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way

Origin

From carp + -er.

From carp + -er.

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Forms

plural: carpers
Singularcarper
Pluralcarpers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way:niggler

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcarp

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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