HyperDic: captious

English > 1 sense of the word captious:
ADJECTIVEallcaptious, faultfindingtending to find and call attention to faults / faults
English > captious: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningtending to find and call attention to faults / faults.
Example"a captious pedant"
Synonymfaultfinding
Broadercriticalmarked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
Spanishcapcioso, criticón, gruñón, refunfuñón, reparón
Catalancriticador, criticaire
Nounscaptiontaking exception
Adverbscaptiouslyin a captious, carping manner

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