ADJECTIVE | all | captious, faultfinding | tending to find and call attention to faults / faults |
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Meaning | tending to find and call attention to faults / faults. | |
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Example | "a captious pedant" | |
Synonym | faultfinding | |
Broader | critical | marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws |
Spanish | capcioso, criticón, gruñón, refunfuñón, reparón | |
Catalan | criticador, criticaire | |
Nouns | caption | taking exception |
Adverbs | captiously | in a captious, carping manner |
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