ALL meanings of captious
cap·tious
C c - adjective captious made only for the sake of argument or faultfinding 3
- adjective captious fond of catching others in mistakes; quick to find fault; quibbling; carping 3
- adjective captious apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping 3
- adjective captious apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. 1
- adjective captious proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a captious remark. 1
- adjective captious apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, especially in argument: captious questions. 1
- noun captious (of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections. 1
- adjective captious picky, critical 1
- adjective captious (Obsolete (No longer in use)) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical. 0
- adjective captious Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky. 0