Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Usage example: a captious and cranky eater who's never met a vegetable he didn't hate
Judgmental and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Judgmental" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Judgmental
Judgmental adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Usage example: culinary purists who tend to be judgmental about home cooks who take shortcuts
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Synonyms for Judgmental
Captious and judgmental are semantically related. You can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Judgmental".
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Related pairs
- particular and captious
- particular and judgmental
- critical and captious
- critical and judgmental
- demanding and captious
- demanding and judgmental
- harsh and captious
- harsh and judgmental
- irritable and captious
- irritable and judgmental
- sarcastic and captious
- sarcastic and judgmental
- disparaging and captious
- disparaging and judgmental
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