carping

/ˈkär-piŋ/

adjective

  1. marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism

critical hypercritical faultfinding captious carping censorious mean inclined to look for and point out faults and defects. critical may also imply an effort to see a thing clearly and truly in order to judge it fairly. hypercritical suggests a tendency to judge by unreasonably strict standards.

verb

  1. to find fault or complain querulously