Captious and Pious

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

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

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Pious adjective - Firm in one's allegiance to someone or something.

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Captious and pious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Pious".

Nearby Words: piety, piousness, piously

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