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Translate captious from English to Dutch

Summary

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captious:
- bedilziek; bedillerig; bedilzuchtig

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Detailed Translations for captious from English to Dutch

captious:

captious adj

captious (carping; nitpicking)
bedilziek
- bedilziek adj
captious (nitpicking; fault-finding; carping)
bedillerig; bedilzuchtig
- bedillerig adj
- bedilzuchtig adj

Translation Matrix for captious:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
bedillerig	captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking
bedilziek	captious; carping; nitpicking
bedilzuchtig	captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking
-	faultfinding
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	insidious

Related Words for "captious":

captiousness, captiously

Synonyms for "captious":

faultfinding; critical

Related Definitions for "captious":

tending to find and call attention to faults¹
- a captious pedant¹

Related Translations for captious

captious statement

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University