Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Scrupulous and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scrupulous" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Scrupulous
Scrupulous adjective - Guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong.
Captious and scrupulous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Scrupulous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- nice and captious
- nice and scrupulous
- particular and captious
- particular and scrupulous
- critical and captious
- critical and scrupulous
- demanding and captious
- demanding and scrupulous
- severe and captious
- severe and scrupulous
- exacting and captious
- exacting and scrupulous
- subtle and captious
- subtle and scrupulous
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