Captious

Meaning

tending to find fault or raise petty objections; fault-finding; critical

tending to find fault or raise petty objections

Example Sentences

His captious remarks about every small detail made the meeting very unpleasant.

The captious reviewer criticized even the smallest details of the movie.

Synonyms

critical, fault-finding, carping, nitpicking

Entry 1

critical, fault-finding, carping, nitpicking

Entry 2

fault-finding, nitpicking, critical, carping

Antonyms

tolerant, accepting, uncritical, lenient, forgiving

Entry 1

tolerant, accepting, uncritical, lenient

Entry 2

tolerant, forgiving, accepting

Collocations

captious criticism, captious remarks, captious nature, captious critic, captious remark, captious reviewer, captious argument

Entry 1

captious criticism, captious remarks, captious nature

Entry 2

captious critic, captious remark, captious reviewer, captious argument