Synonyms for captious

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Some common synonyms of captious are: captious [a.] 1. Censorious, cavilling, carping, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault-finding. 2. Crabbed, snappish, testy, touchy, waspish, splenetic, cross, snarling, acrimonious, cantankerous (colloq.), contentious. 3. Ensnaring, insidious.

Synonyms of captious

captious [a.]


1. Censorious, cavilling, carping, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault-finding. 2. Crabbed, snappish, testy, touchy, waspish, splenetic, cross, snarling, acrimonious, cantankerous (colloq.), contentious. 3. Ensnaring, insidious.

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