Captious
['kæpʃəs]
Definition
(adj.) tending to find and call attention to faults; 'a captious pedant'; 'an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor' .
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Definition
(a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
(a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.
Editor: Susanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Censorious, cavilling, carping, critical, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault-finding.[2]. Crabbed, snappish, peevish, pettish, testy, touchy, waspish, fretful, splenetic, cross, snarling, acrimonious, petulant, cantankerous, contentious.[3]. Ensnaring, insidious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Carping, caviling, censorious, hypercritical, cross, fault-finding, critical,cynical, petulant, irritable, splenetic, touchy, peevish, fretful
ANT:Appreciative, commendatory, encouraging, complimentary, approving, laudatory,flattering
Typist: Sol
Examples
- A solemn silence; Mr. Pickwick humorous, the old lady serious, the fat gentleman captious, and Mr. Miller timorous. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He grew by degrees less civil, put on more the airs of master, frequently found fault, was captious, and seemed ready for an outbreaking. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typist: Sol