captious
[adjective]
Synonyms: critical, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, critic, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical

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Antonyms: appreciative
Contrasted words: judicious, sensible, wise, rational, reasonable, knowing, knowledgeable
Related Words: demanding, exacting, finicky, contrary, perverse, irritable, peevish, petulant, snappish, snappy, testy

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

captious adjective. ['kapʃǝs] LME.
[Old & mod. French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-): see CAPTION, -OUS.]
1. Fond of taking exception or raising objections; carping. LME.

2. Apt or intended to deceive; fallacious, misleading. arch. LME.

3. Capacious. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.

■ captiously adverb M16.

■ captiousness noun M16.

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