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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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captious


captious is an   Adverb

Definition:

[1] Art to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please. A captius and suspicious. Stillingfleet. I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to adbide the test of a captious controversy. Bwike.

[2] Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome. Captious restraints on navigation. Bancroft.


Synonyms:

censorious
hypercritical
perverse
caviling, carping, fault-finding
peevish, fretful
troublesom

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