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Synonyms of 'captious'

adjective

fault-findingDictionary, critical, carping
fault-finding
critical
He has apologized for critical remarks he made about the referee.
carping
They deserve recognition, not carping criticism.
nagging
He tried to ignore the screaming, nagging voice of his wife.
disparaging
He was alleged to have made disparaging remarks.
deprecating
nit-picking (informal)
Perfectionists are fussy, nit-picking types who worry about every little detail.
censorious
He is too judgmental and censorious for my liking.
cavilling
hypercritical
women who are hypercritical of their bodies
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Additional synonyms

carping
They deserve recognition, not carping criticism.
fault-finding
critical
nagging
picky (informal)
nit-picking (informal)
hard to please
cavilling
hypercritical
captious
nit-picky (informal)
cavilling
fault-finding
critical
carping
quibbling
nit-picking (informal)
censorious
hypercritical
captious
censorious
If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
He is too judgmental and censorious for my liking.
critical
severe
carping
disapproving
scathing
disparaging
judgmental
cavilling
condemnatory
fault-finding
hypercritical
captious

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Thesaurus for captious from the Collins English Thesaurus
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Dictionary definition
apt to make trivial criticisms ; fault-finding ; carping
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Scrabble score for 'captious': 12
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