Choleric
Captious
Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.
Choleric and captious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Choleric" instead an adjective "Captious".
Nearby Words: caption, captiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and choleric
- irritable and captious
- short-tempered and choleric
- short-tempered and captious
- testy and choleric
- testy and captious
- contrary and choleric
- contrary and captious
- touchy and choleric
- touchy and captious
- irascible and choleric
- irascible and captious
- quick-tempered and choleric
- quick-tempered and captious
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Captious and Choleric. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/choleric/captious
Choleric & Captious. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/choleric/captious>.
Captious or Choleric. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/choleric/captious.
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