captious
adjectiveHow to pronounce captious:
Definition of captious:
- captious (adjective):
- adjective. tending to find and call attention to faults.
- marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
Synonyms for captious:
hypercriticalcensoriousdemandingjudgmentalcriticalparticularovercriticalmercilessdiscerningdisparagingAntonyms for captious:
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