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1) (of a person) difficult to please; quick to find fault (fastidious)

2) an old horse; to find fault with a person often (nag)

3) to find fault with (a person) (usually with a feeling of disappointment or sadness) (reproach)

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Meaning:
carp

to make unnecessary complaints about small matters

nag

chide

to scold (a person); complain

criticize, lecture

complain

to say that one is not satisfied, that something is wrong, that one is suffering

grumble about

criticize

to give a judgment of the quality of (something)

disapprove, judge as bad

grumble

a complaint or protest

complain

nag

an old horse; to find fault with a person often

harass, bother

remonstrate

to make a protest; argue in protest

argue against

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