Captious and Peevish

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

Peevish is a synonym for captious in contentious topic. In some cases you can use "Peevish" instead an adjective "Captious", when it comes to topics like very critical.

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Peevish adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.

Captious is a synonym for peevish in irritable topic. You can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Peevish", if it concerns topics such as contentious.

Nearby Words: peeve, peeved, peevishness, peevishly