Captious and Deceitful

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Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.

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Deceitful and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deceitful" instead an adjective "Captious".

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Deceitful adjective - Marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value.

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Captious and deceitful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Deceitful".

Nearby Words: deceit, deceiving, deceiver, deceitfully

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