Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Disputative and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disputative" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Disputative
Disputative adjective - Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits.
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Synonyms for Disputative
Captious and disputative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Disputative".
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Related pairs
- contrary and captious
- contrary and disputative
- perverse and captious
- perverse and disputative
- fractious and captious
- fractious and disputative
- quarrelsome and captious
- quarrelsome and disputative
- cantankerous and captious
- cantankerous and disputative
- controversial and captious
- controversial and disputative
- caviling and captious
- caviling and disputative
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