Captious and Nice

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

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

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Nice adjective - Hard to please.

Usage example: she's far too nice about her clothes for me to even consider giving her clothing for her birthday

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Captious and nice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Nice".

Nearby Words: nicety, nicely

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Captious & Nice. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/nice>.

Nice or Captious. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/nice.

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