English / word
captious
adjective C2MEANING IN ENGLISH
tending to find fault or raise petty objections; hypercritical
In context
01
His captious remarks about every small detail made the meeting very unpleasant.
02
The captious reviewer criticized even the smallest details of the movie.
Synonyms
critical,carping,fault-finding
Antonyms
tolerant,forgiving,uncritical
Collocations
captious criticism,captious remarks,captious critic