What is another word for captious?
1269 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈapʃəs], [ kˈapʃəs], [ k_ˈa_p_ʃ_ə_s]
Captious is an adjective that describes a person who is quick to find fault, often over trivial matters. Some synonyms for the word 'captious' include petty, carping, fault-finding, and nit-picking. Another synonym is caviling which is to make trivial or petty objections to something. Other synonymous words for captious are hair-splitting, hypercritical, pedantic, and overcritical. These words denote a critical and picky nature. Additionally, captious personalities are described as hypercritical, overscrupulous, fault-seeking, quibbling, or argumentative. The word captious is often used in the context of criticism and negative feedback, especially when such feedback is deemed unwarranted or overly harsh.
Synonyms for Captious:
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adj.
• critical- Fault-finding ,
- calumniatory ,
- caviling ,
- derogatory ,
- disparaging ,
- finicky ,
- harsh ,
- judgmental ,
- pedantic ,
- reproachful .
- Stickling ,
- easily disgusted ,
- fussbudgety ,
- hard to please ,
- nit-picky ,
- over-nice ,
- overdelicate ,
- finical ,
- overnice .
- bad tempered ,
- badtempered ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- ill humored ,
- ill natured ,
- ill-humored ,
- illhumored ,
- illnatured ,
- more bearish ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more vinegarish ,
- more vinegary ,
- morose ,
- most bearish ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most vinegarish ,
- most vinegary ,
- obstinate .
- dis approving ,
- dis-approving ,
- hyper critical ,
- hyper-critical ,
- more caviling ,
- more cavillous ,
- more chiding ,
- more condemnatory ,
- more condemning ,
- more culpatory ,
- more denouncing ,
- more disapproving ,
- more reprehending ,
- more reproaching ,
- most caviling ,
- most cavillous ,
- most chiding ,
- most condemnatory ,
- most condemning ,
- most culpatory ,
- most denouncing ,
- most disapproving ,
- most reprehending ,
- most reproaching .
- gloomy ,
- ill tempered ,
- illtempered ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more difficult ,
- more nasty tempered ,
- more nasty-tempered ,
- more nastytempered ,
- more splenetic ,
- most crabbed ,
- most nasty tempered ,
- most nasty-tempered ,
- most nastytempered ,
- most splenetic ,
- nasty tempered ,
- nastytempered ,
- un sociable ,
- un-sociable .
- doubledealing ,
- feigning ,
- hypo critical ,
- hypo-critical ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- jivier ,
- jiviest ,
- left handed ,
- lefthanded ,
- more deluding ,
- more dissembling ,
- more feigning ,
- more moralistic ,
- more smooth spoken ,
- more smooth-spoken ,
- more smoothspoken ,
- most deluding ,
- most dissembling ,
- most feigning ,
- most moralistic ,
- most smooth spoken ,
- most smooth-spoken ,
- most smoothspoken ,
- pietistic ,
- self righteous ,
- selfrighteous ,
- smooth spoken ,
- smooth tongued ,
- smoothspoken ,
- smoothtongued ,
- snide ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- un reliable ,
- un-natural ,
- un-reliable .
- Fretting ,
- more cussed ,
- more fretting ,
- more grousing ,
- more growling ,
- more out of sorts ,
- more out-of-sorts ,
- more whining ,
- most cussed ,
- most fretting ,
- most grousing ,
- most growling ,
- most out of sorts ,
- most out-of-sorts ,
- most whining ,
- ogrer ,
- ogrest ,
- waspier ,
- waspiest .
- dis pleased ,
- dis-pleased ,
- grumbling ,
- more crybaby ,
- more pouting ,
- most crybaby ,
- most pouting ,
- un gracious ,
- un-gracious ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight ,
- whinier ,
- whiniest ,
- whiny .
- dis illusioned ,
- dis respectful ,
- dis-illusioned ,
- dis-respectful ,
- mordant ,
- more chaffing ,
- more needling ,
- more taunting ,
- more twitting ,
- more weisenheiming ,
- most chaffing ,
- most ironical ,
- most needling ,
- most taunting ,
- most twitting ,
- most weisenheiming ,
- needling ,
- smartalecky .
- de signing ,
- de-signing ,
- dis honest ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis-honest ,
- dis-honorable ,
- impish ,
- more bluffing ,
- more conniving ,
- more plotting ,
- most bluffing ,
- most conniving ,
- most plotting ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un-scrupulous ,
- under hand ,
- under-hand .
- in accurate ,
- in correct ,
- more casuistic ,
- more sophistical ,
- most beguiling ,
- most casuistic ,
- most sophistical ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest .
- dis gusted ,
- dis-gusted ,
- more qualmish ,
- most qualmish ,
- sick one stomach ,
- sick one's stomach ,
- sick ones stomach ,
- sick stomach ,
- sick to one stomach ,
- sick to one's stomach ,
- sick to ones stomach ,
- sick to stomach ,
- strait laced ,
- un settled ,
- un-settled ,
- up-set ,
- vertiginous .
- bundle nerves ,
- hyper sensitive ,
- hyper-sensitive ,
- more hypersensitive ,
- more oversensitive ,
- more perturbable ,
- most hypersensitive ,
- most oversensitive ,
- most perturbable ,
- over sensitive ,
- over-sensitive ,
- oversensitive ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- un predictable ,
- un safe ,
- un safer ,
- un safest ,
- un-predictable ,
- un-safe ,
- un-safer ,
- un-safest ,
- wired up .
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- abrasive ,
- abruptly ,
- absurd ,
- academic ,
- acerb ,
- acetify ,
- acetose ,
- acetous ,
- acidify ,
- acidity ,
- acidulate ,
- acidulent ,
- acuate ,
- acute ,
- acutely ,
- admonishing ,
- admonitory ,
- adverse ,
- affect ,
- affluent ,
- ailment ,
- airheaded ,
- alert ,
- allergic ,
- annihilating ,
- annihilative ,
- annoyed ,
- antic ,
- antsy ,
- apprehensive ,
- arch ,
- arguing ,
- argument ,
- assume ,
- assumed ,
- astringent drug ,
- astute ,
- atrabilious ,
- atrophy ,
- austere ,
- awful ,
- back breaker ,
- bad ,
- badly ,
- baffle ,
- barbellate ,
- bastard ,
- battery-acid ,
- battleful ,
- bawling ,
- belittled ,
- belittling ,
- besotted ,
- bicker ,
- biliary ,
- bilk ,
- bitingly ,
- bitterly ,
- bitterness ,
- bizarre ,
- black ,
- bleak ,
- blind drunk ,
- blistering ,
- bloody-minded ,
- blotto ,
- blue ,
- bolshy ,
- bootless ,
- brassy ,
- briary ,
- briery ,
- brisk ,
- bristled ,
- bristly ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- bum ,
- burred ,
- burry ,
- busy ,
- calumnious ,
- carving ,
- case ,
- casuistical ,
- changeful ,
- character ,
- chatoyant ,
- cheesy ,
- chinchy ,
- chintzy ,
- claim ,
- clear-cut ,
- clipping ,
- coarse ,
- cockeyed ,
- combative ,
- competition ,
- complaint ,
- complaintive ,
- condemning ,
- congratulations ,
- conscientious ,
- contestation ,
- contrarious ,
- controversy ,
- corrosive ,
- courteous ,
- cover ,
- crafty ,
- crank ,
- crisp ,
- crisscross ,
- crocked ,
- crossbreed ,
- crossbreeding ,
- crossing ,
- crown of thorns ,
- cruddy ,
- crummy ,
- crusted ,
- crustlike ,
- cunning ,
- curly-grained ,
- curtly ,
- cussed ,
- cut ,
- cut across ,
- cut through ,
- cutting off ,
- dainty ,
- dalliance ,
- damnatory ,
- dangerous ,
- dapper ,
- dark ,
- dashing ,
- dawdling ,
- dead ,
- deadly ,
- deceitful ,
- decent ,
- decisive ,
- defamatory ,
- delicate ,
- delusive ,
- delusory ,
- demand ,
- denigrating ,
- denigrative ,
- denigratory ,
- depraved ,
- deprecative ,
- deprecatory ,
- depreciative ,
- depreciatory ,
- depressed ,
- derogative ,
- despiteful ,
- detail ,
- devastating ,
- diminished ,
- dingy ,
- disconnected ,
- disconsolate ,
- discrepant ,
- discriminating ,
- dislogistic ,
- dismal ,
- dispirited ,
- disputation ,
- disputative ,
- disquieted ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembling ,
- distant ,
- distinct ,
- distressed ,
- disturbed ,
- diversionist ,
- divisive ,
- dizzy ,
- dodgy ,
- donnish ,
- dose ,
- dot ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- drab ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- dry out ,
- dyslogistic ,
- easy ,
- eccentric person ,
- edged ,
- eloquent ,
- elusive ,
- empty-headed ,
- encrusted ,
- erosive ,
- especial ,
- evil ,
- exceptional ,
- excitable ,
- exigent ,
- explosive ,
- facile ,
- factious ,
- faithlessly ,
- fake ,
- faker ,
- fantastical ,
- far-out ,
- faux ,
- featherbrained ,
- feign ,
- feisty ,
- ferment ,
- fibbing ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- fiddling ,
- fidgety ,
- film editing ,
- filthy ,
- finespun ,
- flake ,
- flakey ,
- flaky ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- flighty ,
- fluent ,
- flush ,
- flyblown ,
- foil ,
- footling ,
- forgetful ,
- foul ,
- foxy ,
- fraud ,
- fraudulent ,
- freaky ,
- frizzly ,
- frizzy ,
- frosty ,
- fruitless ,
- frustrate ,
- fuddled ,
- fuss ,
- futile ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- geek ,
- get across ,
- get over ,
- gibelike ,
- gilded ,
- gimcrack ,
- gloomful ,
- glooming ,
- glossy ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- gracious ,
- grand ,
- grave ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- grotesque ,
- gruff ,
- grumble ,
- guileful ,
- harassed ,
- hard ,
- hard-bitten ,
- hard-boiled ,
- hard-to-please ,
- harried ,
- haughty ,
- heavy ,
- hedge ,
- high-pressure ,
- holier-than-thou ,
- hostile ,
- hotheaded ,
- howling ,
- humble ,
- hybrid ,
- hybridisation ,
- hybridise ,
- hybridization ,
- hybridize ,
- hybridizing ,
- hypersensitised ,
- hypersensitized ,
- hysteric ,
- idiotic ,
- idle ,
- imaginary ,
- imitation ,
- imperious ,
- implike ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- impulsive ,
- inadequate ,
- inauspicious ,
- indefensible ,
- inexpensive ,
- inimical ,
- insulting ,
- interbreed ,
- interbreeding ,
- interrupted ,
- intersect ,
- invective ,
- iridescent ,
- ironical ,
- itchy ,
- item ,
- jaunty ,
- jeer ,
- jeering ,
- jejune ,
- jesuit ,
- jesuitical ,
- jittery ,
- juiceless ,
- jumpy ,
- junior-grade ,
- keen ,
- knavish ,
- knifelike ,
- knockout ,
- kudos ,
- laconic ,
- laden ,
- ladened ,
- lamenting ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- laughable ,
- libellous ,
- libelous ,
- lienal ,
- life-threatening ,
- light ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- lilliputian ,
- litigious ,
- little ,
- lively ,
- liverish ,
- livery ,
- loony toons ,
- loose ,
- lordly ,
- loud ,
- low ,
- low-spirited ,
- lower-ranking ,
- lowering ,
- lowly ,
- ludicrous ,
- luxuriate ,
- mad ,
- make ,
- malign ,
- mark ,
- marvellous ,
- marvelous ,
- medium ,
- mentally ill ,
- mercurial ,
- meretricious ,
- merry ,
- minor ,
- minuscule ,
- misanthropic ,
- misanthropical ,
- mischievous ,
- mistaken ,
- mockery ,
- modest ,
- moneyed ,
- mordacious ,
- moth-eaten ,
- motiveless ,
- murmur ,
- murmuring ,
- mutable ,
- mutter ,
- muttering ,
- myopic ,
- nappy ,
- natty ,
- needlelike ,
- negligible ,
- nervous ,
- nervy ,
- nettlesome ,
- newspaper clipping ,
- nipping ,
- nippy ,
- nonconcentric ,
- nonsensical ,
- notional ,
- obdurate ,
- oddball ,
- off ,
- off-and-on ,
- off-key ,
- off-the-wall ,
- offbeat ,
- oil of vitriol ,
- ominous ,
- opposite ,
- outlandish ,
- outre ,
- overbearing ,
- overstrung ,
- painstaking ,
- paltry ,
- pane ,
- particular proposition ,
- pass over ,
- peckish ,
- peculiar ,
- penetrating ,
- penetrative ,
- perfidious ,
- pernicious ,
- persnickety ,
- perverted ,
- pestered ,
- petit larceny ,
- petty larceny ,
- phoney ,
- phony ,
- piddle ,
- piddle away ,
- piddling ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piercing ,
- piercingly ,
- pietistical ,
- piffling ,
- pissed ,
- pixilated ,
- planetary ,
- plastered ,
- pocket-size ,
- pocket-sized ,
- poor ,
- poorly ,
- postiche ,
- prankish ,
- precipitous ,
- precise ,
- preposterous ,
- press clipping ,
- press cutting ,
- pretence ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- pretender ,
- pretending ,
- pretense ,
- prickly ,
- prideful ,
- prissy ,
- prohibitionist ,
- promiscuous ,
- pseud ,
- pseudo ,
- puckish ,
- punic ,
- punk ,
- put on ,
- puzzling ,
- queer ,
- quicksilver ,
- quirky ,
- quizzical ,
- raffish ,
- rakish ,
- rancid ,
- raring ,
- rattling ,
- raw ,
- recalcitrant ,
- refractory ,
- reprobate ,
- reproving ,
- restive ,
- reverse ,
- ridiculous ,
- rivalry ,
- role player ,
- rough ,
- rumble ,
- rumbling ,
- saboteur ,
- sanctimonious ,
- saturnine ,
- scant ,
- scoff ,
- scotch ,
- scratchy ,
- searching ,
- secondary ,
- self-righteous ,
- sensible ,
- sensitised ,
- sensitized ,
- serious ,
- shabby ,
- shamble ,
- shambling ,
- shammer ,
- sharp-worded ,
- sharply ,
- short-change ,
- short-circuit ,
- shortly ,
- shortsighted ,
- shortstop ,
- shot ,
- shrewd ,
- shrewish ,
- shrill ,
- shuffle ,
- sick ,
- silly ,
- silver ,
- silver-tongued ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- simulation ,
- skillful ,
- slanderous ,
- sleazy ,
- slick ,
- slighting ,
- slip ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- sluggish ,
- sluttish ,
- small-scale ,
- smashed ,
- smutty ,
- snarky ,
- sneering ,
- sneeringly ,
- snoot ,
- soaked ,
- sore ,
- sorry ,
- sourness ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- span ,
- spanking ,
- spartan ,
- spasmodic ,
- spat ,
- special ,
- specific ,
- spiffy ,
- spiny ,
- spiritualist ,
- splenic ,
- spoil ,
- spooky ,
- spruce ,
- spurious ,
- squabble ,
- squiffy ,
- stabbing ,
- stark ,
- stern ,
- stiff ,
- stinging ,
- strain ,
- strict ,
- stubborn ,
- styptic ,
- subaltern ,
- substantial ,
- suddenly ,
- sulfuric acid ,
- sulfurous ,
- sulphurous ,
- supercilious ,
- superciliously ,
- superficial ,
- superman ,
- supersensitised ,
- supersensitized ,
- swaggering ,
- sweep ,
- tacky ,
- take ,
- tart ,
- tartness ,
- tatty ,
- taunting ,
- tawdry ,
- teasing ,
- techy ,
- teetotal ,
- tender ,
- tense up ,
- terrible ,
- terrific ,
- terse ,
- thinning ,
- thorny ,
- threatening ,
- thwart ,
- thwartwise ,
- ticklish ,
- tiff ,
- tight ,
- tilt ,
- tinny ,
- tippy ,
- tow car ,
- tow truck ,
- toxicant ,
- track ,
- traitorously ,
- transversal ,
- transverse ,
- trashy ,
- traverse ,
- treacherously ,
- treasonably ,
- tremendous ,
- tricksy ,
- tricky ,
- trifle ,
- trifle away ,
- turn ,
- turned ,
- type ,
- ugly ,
- unavowed ,
- unawares ,
- uncertain ,
- uncongenial ,
- unfit ,
- unflattering ,
- unforesightful ,
- unfounded ,
- ungracious ,
- unmanageable ,
- unprovoked ,
- unregenerate ,
- unreliable ,
- unrepentant ,
- unretentive ,
- unsettled ,
- unstable ,
- unsympathetic ,
- untrue ,
- unwarranted ,
- upset ,
- upstage ,
- uptight ,
- vain ,
- vicious ,
- vindictive ,
- vital ,
- vitriolic ,
- vituperation ,
- vituperative ,
- wailful ,
- wandering ,
- wanton away ,
- wavy-grained ,
- way-out ,
- wealthy ,
- wet ,
- whiney ,
- whipping ,
- wicked ,
- wild ,
- window pane ,
- wonderful ,
- wondrous ,
- woozy ,
- word-splitting ,
- work ,
- wry ,
- zen ,
- zippy .
- sly .
- Aspersive ,
- Backbiting ,
- Cavilling ,
- Cavillous ,
- Equivocatory ,
- Exceptious ,
- Exceptive ,
- Humorsome ,
- Moodish ,
- Pecksniffian ,
- Restiff ,
- Ridiculing ,
- Snarling ,
- abrupt ,
- accurate ,
- acerbic ,
- acid ,
- acidic ,
- acidulous ,
- acrid ,
- acrimonious ,
- and Irish cranky ,
- arbitrary ,
- argumentative ,
- bad-tempered ,
- baseless ,
- bearish ,
- bellicose ,
- bickering ,
- bilious ,
- biting ,
- bitter ,
- bogus ,
- cantankerous ,
- capricious ,
- carping ,
- casuistic ,
- caustic ,
- choleric ,
- choplogic ,
- churlish ,
- complaining ,
- confusing ,
- contemptuous ,
- contention ,
- contentious ,
- contrary ,
- contumelious ,
- crabbed ,
- crabby ,
- cranky ,
- critic ,
- cross ,
- cross-grained ,
- crotchety ,
- crusty ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- curt ,
- cutting ,
- cynical ,
- deceptive ,
- demanding ,
- deprecating ,
- derisive ,
- derisory ,
- difficult ,
- disagreeable ,
- discourteous ,
- disdainful ,
- disputatious ,
- dry ,
- dyspeptic ,
- eccentric ,
- edgy ,
- erratic ,
- evasive ,
- exact ,
- exacting ,
- fallacious ,
- false ,
- fanciful ,
- fantastic ,
- fastidious ,
- faultfinding ,
- fickle ,
- fitful ,
- fractious ,
- freakish ,
- fretful ,
- frivolous ,
- fussy ,
- giddy ,
- grouchy ,
- groundless ,
- grumpish ,
- grumpy ,
- hair-splitting ,
- hairsplitting ,
- hedging ,
- high-strung ,
- highly strung ,
- hot-tempered ,
- huffish ,
- huffy ,
- hypersensitive ,
- hypocritical ,
- hysterical ,
- ill-humoured ,
- ill-natured ,
- ill-tempered ,
- impatient ,
- incisive ,
- inconsistent ,
- insidious ,
- irascible ,
- ironic ,
- irresolute ,
- irritable ,
- jesuitic ,
- kinky ,
- loaded ,
- maggoty ,
- malefic ,
- malevolent ,
- malicious ,
- misleading ,
- mocking ,
- moody ,
- nagging ,
- nasty ,
- nice ,
- niggling ,
- nit-picking ,
- obstreperous ,
- on edge ,
- ornery ,
- paltering ,
- particular ,
- peevish ,
- pernickety ,
- perplexing ,
- perverse ,
- pettifogging ,
- pettish ,
- petty ,
- petulant ,
- pharisaic ,
- pharisaical ,
- picayune ,
- poisonous ,
- prig ,
- pugnacious ,
- pussyfooting ,
- quarrelsome ,
- querulous ,
- quibbling ,
- quick-tempered ,
- sarcastic ,
- sardonic ,
- satiric ,
- satirical ,
- scathing ,
- scornful ,
- scrupulous ,
- sensitive ,
- severe ,
- sham ,
- sharp ,
- short ,
- short-tempered ,
- shuffling ,
- skittish ,
- sleeveless ,
- small ,
- small-minded ,
- snappish ,
- snappy ,
- snob ,
- snot ,
- sophistic ,
- sophistical ,
- sour ,
- specious ,
- spiteful ,
- splenetic ,
- squeamish ,
- stroppy ,
- subtle ,
- sulky ,
- sullen ,
- supercritical ,
- supersensitive ,
- surly ,
- temperamental ,
- tense ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- thin-skinned ,
- touchy ,
- treacherous ,
- trenchant ,
- trifling ,
- trivial ,
- troublesome ,
- ultracritical ,
- unconformable ,
- unsound ,
- untenable ,
- venomous ,
- vexed ,
- virulent ,
- volatile ,
- wanton ,
- waspish ,
- wayward ,
- whimsical ,
- whining ,
- wily ,
- withering .
- Chuffy ,
- Culpatory ,
- Double dealing ,
- Mumpish ,
- Perturbable ,
- Qualmish ,
- apparently right ,
- bundle of nerves ,
- condemnatory ,
- critical ,
- grousing ,
- jivey ,
- moralistic ,
- nasty-tempered ,
- nitpicking ,
- out of humor ,
- out-of-sorts ,
- picky ,
- scoffing ,
- smart alecky ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- sneaking ,
- up set ,
- vinegarish ,
- vinegary ,
- waspy ,
- weisenheiming ,
- wrecker .
How to use "Captious" in context?
When something becomes the focus of someone's attention, it can be irritating, frustrating or simply captious. The word captious can describe the way that someone is both obsessive and preoccupied about something. When someone is captious, they are constantly looking for details or evidence to support their opinions. This can be frustrating for others, as it leaves them with little time or space to deal with other matters.
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