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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
/ ˈæʃə /
adjective
- apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
Derived Forms
- ˈپdzܲ, adverb
- ˈپdzܲԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- tdzܲ· adverb
- tdzܲ·Ա noun
- ԴDz·tdzܲ adjective
- non·tdzܲ· adverb
- non·tdzܲ·Ա noun
- v·tdzܲ adjective
- over·tdzܲ· adverb
- over·tdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·tdzܲ adjective
- un·tdzܲ· adverb
- un·tdzܲ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog 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 friend’s 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 “the most captious, malignant, irrelevant compositions that have ever been seen.”
Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
“I do not want to be captious, but desire the public to understand the facts,” Baker told The Washington Post.
“I wish you’d learn to put the caps back on things properly when you’re finished using them,” she said in a tone she fully meant to sound captious.
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