Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Calumniatory and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Calumniatory" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Calumniatory
Calumniatory adjective - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
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Synonyms for Calumniatory
Captious and calumniatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Calumniatory".
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Related pairs
- particular and captious
- particular and calumniatory
- critical and captious
- critical and calumniatory
- demanding and captious
- demanding and calumniatory
- sarcastic and captious
- sarcastic and calumniatory
- disparaging and captious
- disparaging and calumniatory
- severe and captious
- severe and calumniatory
- exacting and captious
- exacting and calumniatory
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