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Synonyms for captious in English

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captious:
- captious; nitpicking; carping; fault-finding; faultfinding
- insidious; captious

English

Detailed Synonyms for captious in English

captious:

captious adj

captious
captious; nitpicking; carping
- captious adj
- nitpicking adj
- carping adj
captious
captious; fault-finding; nitpicking; carping
- captious adj
- fault-finding adj
- nitpicking adj
- carping adj
captious

– tending to find and call attention to faults ¹
captious; faultfinding
– tending to find and call attention to faults ¹
- captious adj
  - a captious pedant¹
- faultfinding adj
  - an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor¹

captious

captious
insidious; captious
- insidious
- captious

Related Words for "captious":

captiousness, captiously

Alternate Synonyms for "captious":

faultfinding; critical

Related Definitions for "captious":

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

Related Synonyms for captious

captious statement

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