Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Dissatisfied and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dissatisfied" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Dissatisfied
Dissatisfied adjective - Having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions.
Captious and dissatisfied are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Dissatisfied".
Nearby Words: dissatisfaction, dissatisfying
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Related pairs
- critical and captious
- critical and dissatisfied
- irritable and captious
- irritable and dissatisfied
- cranky and captious
- cranky and dissatisfied
- testy and captious
- testy and dissatisfied
- querulous and captious
- querulous and dissatisfied
- disapproving and captious
- disapproving and dissatisfied
- cross and captious
- cross and dissatisfied
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