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captious
[kap-shuhs]
adjective
apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
Synonyms: , , ,proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition.
He could never praise without adding a captious remark.
apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, especially in argument.
captious questions.
captious
/ Ė°ģƦ±čŹÉ²õ /
adjective
apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- captiously adverb
- captiousness noun
- noncaptious adjective
- noncaptiously adverb
- noncaptiousness noun
- overcaptious adjective
- overcaptiously adverb
- overcaptiousness noun
- uncaptious adjective
- uncaptiously adverb
- uncaptiousness noun
- Ė³¦²¹±č³Ł¾±“Ē³Ü²õ±ō²ā adverb
- Ė³¦²¹±č³Ł¾±“Ē³Ü²õ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of captious1
Example Sentences
But when the two reconvene, there is no talk of favors or captious admonishments, only the authentic joy of seeing a friendās familiar face after so long.
Warren concluded with a scathing diagnosis of the Adams correspondence with her as a scattered series of verbal impulses and āthe most captious, malignant, irrelevant compositions that have ever been seen.ā
Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
āI do not want to be captious, but desire the public to understand the facts,ā Baker told The Washington Post.
āI wish youād learn to put the caps back on things properly when youāre finished using them,ā she said in a tone she fully meant to sound captious.
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