Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Irritated and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Irritated" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and captious
- irritable and irritated
- ill-tempered and captious
- ill-tempered and irritated
- testy and captious
- testy and irritated
- uneasy and captious
- uneasy and irritated
- touchy and captious
- touchy and irritated
- irascible and captious
- irascible and irritated
- choleric and captious
- choleric and irritated
Cite this Source
Irritated and Captious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/irritated
Captious & Irritated. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/irritated>.
Irritated or Captious. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/irritated.
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