Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Plaintive and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plaintive" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Captious and plaintive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Plaintive".
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and captious
- critical and plaintive
- cranky and captious
- cranky and plaintive
- touchy and captious
- touchy and plaintive
- querulous and captious
- querulous and plaintive
- cantankerous and captious
- cantankerous and plaintive
- cross and captious
- cross and plaintive
- crabby and captious
- crabby and plaintive
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Plaintive and Captious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/plaintive
Captious & Plaintive. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/plaintive>.
Plaintive or Captious. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/plaintive.
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