Captious and Taunting

Captious

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

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

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Taunting

Taunting adjective - Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.
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Captious and taunting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Taunting".

Nearby Words: taunt, taunted, tauntingly
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