🔍😤Captious

adjective
/ˈkæp.ʃəs/

Meaning

tending to find fault or raise petty objections; fault-finding; critical
tending to find fault or raise petty objections

Example Sentences

His captious remarks about every small detail made the meeting very unpleasant.

The captious reviewer criticized even the smallest details of the movie.

Synonyms

critical, fault-finding, carping, nitpicking
Entry 1
critical, fault-finding, carping, nitpicking
Entry 2
fault-finding, nitpicking, critical, carping

Antonyms

tolerant, accepting, uncritical, lenient, forgiving
Entry 1
tolerant, accepting, uncritical, lenient
Entry 2
tolerant, forgiving, accepting

Collocations

captious criticism, captious remarks, captious nature, captious critic, captious remark, captious reviewer, captious argument
Entry 1
captious criticism, captious remarks, captious nature
Entry 2
captious critic, captious remark, captious reviewer, captious argument

Related Vocabularies

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Existing but not yet developed or manifested; hidden potential.

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