Captious and Pouting

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

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

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Pouting adjective - Given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability.

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Captious and pouting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Pouting".

Nearby Words: pout, pouted, pouter

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