All captious synonyms
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C c adjective captious
- critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- trivial — of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
- nitpicking — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- unfair — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- unjust — not just; lacking in justice or fairness: unjust criticism; an unjust ruler.
- confusing — Something that is confusing makes it difficult for people to know exactly what is happening or what to do.
- misleading — deceptive; tending to mislead.
- devious — If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
- bewildering — A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about.
- disingenuous — lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
adj captious
- acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- carping — tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- crabby — Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- demanding — A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
- disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- fault-finding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- finicky — excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.
- hypercritical — excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.
- irritable — easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- peevish — cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
- perverse — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- sarcastic — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- testy — irritably impatient; touchy.
- touchy — apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- nagging — continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent.
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- nit-picking — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.