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   Cap·tious

   /ˈkapSHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections: formal "a captious teacher"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘intended to deceive someone’): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) ‘seizing’, (figuratively) ‘deceiving’ (see caption).

   Derivatives

   • 1. captiously adverb
   • 2. captiousness noun

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   What does captious mean?

   • The meaning of CAPTIOUS is marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections. How to use captious in a sentence.

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   What is a captious remark?

   • apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. He could never praise without adding a captious remark. captious questions. The human sweetness in him was half dried up, and a misanthropy, so new and alien to him, made him querulous and captious.

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   Is captious a good word?

   • captious (apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping) is a good word, connoting that it doesn't let up (the root word is the same as for capture ). ( carping: characterized by or inclined to petty or fussy faultfinding.)

   What is an adjective referring to “someone who puts people down”?

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   How do you describe a captious person?

   • If someone tends to be hypercritical and finds fault with everything, you can describe that person as captious. Try not to be described as a captious person yourself, however. No one likes a carping individual! Captious comes from the Middle French word captieux, which is from the Latin word captiosus meaning "fallacious or deceiving."

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   Captious means marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections, or calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument. Learn more about its synonyms, etymology, examples, and related words.

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   Captious means often expressing criticisms about matters that are not important. Learn more about this formal adjective, its synonyms, and its usage in literature and politics.

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   Captious definition: apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.. See examples of CAPTIOUS used in a sentence.

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   captious: 1 adj tending to find and call attention to faults “a captious pedant” Synonyms: faultfinding critical marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

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   Captious means often expressing criticisms about matters that are not important. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples from literature and translations in different languages.

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   Captious means apt to find and point out trivial faults or defects, or intended to ensnare or perplex. See the origin, pronunciation, and translations of captious in English and other languages.

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   2 days ago · Captious means apt to make trivial criticisms or faultfinding, or designed to ensnare or perplex. Learn the word origin, synonyms, and usage examples from Collins English Dictionary.