Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Censuring and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Censuring" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- particular and captious
- particular and censuring
- critical and captious
- critical and censuring
- demanding and captious
- demanding and censuring
- harsh and captious
- harsh and censuring
- sarcastic and captious
- sarcastic and censuring
- disparaging and captious
- disparaging and censuring
- severe and captious
- severe and censuring
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Censuring and Captious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/censuring
Captious & Censuring. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/censuring>.
Censuring or Captious. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/censuring.
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