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