Captious and Petty

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

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

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Petty adjective - Not broad or open in views or opinions.

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Captious and petty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Petty".

Nearby Words: pettish, pettiness, pettily

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