Captious synonyms | adjectives

Synonyms for Captious as an Adjective

• carping

  praise, critical
• hypercritical

  praise, critical
• critical

  praise, faultfinding
• censorious

  praise, critical
• faultfinding

  praise
• overcritical

  critical, very critical
• quarrelsome

  contentious
• caviling

  faultfinding, very critical
• fault-finding

  critical, very critical
• cantankerous

  contentious, very critical
• peevish

  contentious, very critical
• sarcastic

  faultfinding
• disputatious

  contentious
• nagging

  fault-finding
• contentious
• finicky
• quibbling
• cross
• petulant

  contentious
• severe

  faultfinding
• contrary
• disparaging

  fault-finding
• irritable
• testy
• touchy
• pettifogging
• argumentative
• picky
• exacting
• querulous
• crabby
• nit-picking

  fault-finding
• subtle

  tricky
• pedantic
• fussy
• fastidious
• hair-splitting
• fretful
• edgy
• fractious
• bad-tempered
• irascible
• grumpy
• crotchety
• acrimonious
• niggling
• demanding
• perverse
• deprecating

  fault-finding
• treacherous

  tricky