Captious and Illusory

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Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.

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Illusory and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Illusory" instead an adjective "Captious".

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Illusory adjective - Based on or having the nature of an illusion.

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Captious and illusory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Illusory".

Nearby Words: illusion, illusive, illusorily

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