Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Unsociable and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unsociable" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Unsociable
Unsociable adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Captious and unsociable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Unsociable".
Nearby Word: unsocial
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and captious
- mean and unsociable
- irritable and captious
- irritable and unsociable
- churlish and captious
- churlish and unsociable
- surly and captious
- surly and unsociable
- bad-tempered and captious
- bad-tempered and unsociable
- cantankerous and captious
- cantankerous and unsociable
- cross and captious
- cross and unsociable
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Unsociable or Captious. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captious/unsociable.
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