Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Persnickety and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Persnickety" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Persnickety
Persnickety adjective - Hard to please.
Usage example: as she got older, she got more and more persnickety
Captious and persnickety are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Persnickety".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- nice and captious
- nice and persnickety
- particular and captious
- particular and persnickety
- critical and captious
- critical and persnickety
- demanding and captious
- demanding and persnickety
- severe and captious
- severe and persnickety
- exacting and captious
- exacting and persnickety
- subtle and captious
- subtle and persnickety
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