Captious and Nervous

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

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

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Nervous adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.

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Captious and nervous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Nervous".

Nearby Words: nerve, nervy, nervously

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