Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Usage example: a captious and cranky eater who's never met a vegetable he didn't hate
Discriminating and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Discriminating" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Discriminating
Discriminating adjective - Favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people.
Captious and discriminating are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Discriminating".
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Related pairs
- nice and captious
- nice and discriminating
- particular and captious
- particular and discriminating
- critical and captious
- critical and discriminating
- demanding and captious
- demanding and discriminating
- exacting and captious
- exacting and discriminating
- subtle and captious
- subtle and discriminating
- fastidious and captious
- fastidious and discriminating
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