Captious and Mean

Captious

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

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

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Captious and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

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