Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Hostile and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hostile" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and captious
- mean and hostile
- harsh and captious
- harsh and hostile
- disagreeable and captious
- disagreeable and hostile
- surly and captious
- surly and hostile
- acrimonious and captious
- acrimonious and hostile
- contrary and captious
- contrary and hostile
- ill-natured and captious
- ill-natured and hostile
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Hostile and Captious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/hostile
Captious & Hostile. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/hostile>.
Hostile or Captious. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/hostile.
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