Back and Cavil

Back

Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

Cavil is an antonym for back.

Cavil

Cavil verb - To make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant.
Usage example: caviled for hours about a single sentence

Back is an antonym for cavil.

Nearby Words: caviling, cavilling

Both words in one sentence

  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Cavil refuses to acknowledge that he loves Ellen as his mother but is implied to have loved her all along and sought her approval, only to believe that Ellen never loved him back.
  • She rebelled against Cavil and saved Hera from being experimented on in an attempt to bring back resurrection.
  • Do Androids Dream? The Cylons are also, with the exception of Cavil, firmly convinced that they have souls, and the fact that they get as many religious visions as the humans would seem to back that up.
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