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    captious
    /ˈkapʃəs/

    adjective

    • 1. tending to find fault or raise petty objections: formal "a captious teacher"

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  2. Jun 27, 2024 · the "caption" family. in a captious, carping manner.

  3. Jan 9, 2024 · If someone tends to be hypercritical and finds fault with everything, you can describe that person as captious. Try not to be described as a captious person yourself, however. No one likes a carping individual!

  4. Aug 24, 2023 · Captious is an adjective that describes someone who is quick to find fault or raise objections, often over trivial or insignificant matters. When someone is captious, they tend to look for flaws or nitpick instead of focusing on the overall picture.

  5. Jan 9, 2024 · A faultfinding captious critic; especially one who believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest. ( Merriam-Webster.com)

  6. Mar 16, 2024 · By Fiza Rafique & Maham Liaqat — Updated on March 16, 2024. A title is a name or heading given to something, like a book or artwork, to reflect its theme or content. A caption is a brief explanation or description accompanying an image or illustration.

  7. Oct 7, 2023 · The making of captious, frivolous, quibbling, or unfair objections, arguments, or charges, in legal proceedings; the use of legal…

  8. Jun 12, 2024 · Check your understanding of English words with definitions in your own language using Cambridge's corpus-informed translation dictionaries and the Password and Global dictionaries from K Dictionaries.

  9. Aug 8, 2023 · To be in time for and board (a train, bus, plane, etc.). Also more generally: to use (a train, taxi, etc.) as a means of transport; to take. Passengers in the morning will catch the Coach..for Woodhaven, and Passengers by the North Coach from Woodhaven, will catch the Boat in the Afternoon.

  10. May 6, 2024 · The term 'Captious' in classic thesaurus. Find out the synonyms, antonyms and definition.

  11. Oct 25, 2023 · Personality traits are characteristics that define an individual’s unique personality. They are enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are relatively stable over time and across different situations.