Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Usage example: a captious and cranky eater who's never met a vegetable he didn't hate
Rejective and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rejective" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Rejective
Rejective adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Usage example: found that his new boss was very rejective of new ideas or suggestions
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- particular and captious
- particular and rejective
- critical and captious
- critical and rejective
- demanding and captious
- demanding and rejective
- harsh and captious
- harsh and rejective
- exacting and captious
- exacting and rejective
- fastidious and captious
- fastidious and rejective
- finicky and captious
- finicky and rejective
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