2syllables
captious
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Definitions ofcaptious
1adjective
- That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
Synonyms: sophistical, thorny, tricky
- Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
Synonyms: carping, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, nitpicky
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