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Meaning of 'captious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Captious [ a.]
- Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
- Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.

Meaning of 'captious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . captious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- tending to find and call attention to faults
Example in sentence:
  • a captious pedant;
  • an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor

Nearby Words:

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