meaning of captious
1. Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
2. Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.
3. tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding
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Related Words
captious | captiously | captiousness |
