Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Factious and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Factious" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Factious
Factious adjective - Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
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Synonyms for Factious
Captious and factious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Factious".
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Related pairs
- testy and captious
- testy and factious
- contrary and captious
- contrary and factious
- perverse and captious
- perverse and factious
- treacherous and captious
- treacherous and factious
- quarrelsome and captious
- quarrelsome and factious
- querulous and captious
- querulous and factious
- controversial and captious
- controversial and factious
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