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captious
(encz) | captious,chytrácký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
captious
(encz) | captious,rýpavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
captious
(encz) | captious,šťouravý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Captious
(gcide) | Captious \Cap"tious\, a. [F. captieux, L. captiosus. See
Caption.]
1. Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to
cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
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A captious and suspicious age. --Stillingfleet.
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I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to
abide the test of a captious controversy. --Bwike.
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2. Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious;
troublesome.
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Captious restraints on navigation. --Bancroft.
Syn: Caviling, carping, fault-finding; censorious;
hypercritical; peevish, fretful; perverse; troublesome.
Usage: Captious, caviling, Carping. A captious person
is one who has a fault-finding habit or manner, or is
disposed to catch at faults, errors, etc., with
quarrelsome intent; a caviling person is disposed to
raise objections on frivolous grounds; carping implies
that one is given to ill-natured, persistent, or
unreasonable fault-finding, or picking up of the words
or actions of others.
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Caviling is the carping of argument, carping the
caviling of ill temper. --C. J. Smith.
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captious
(wn) | captious
adj 1: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious
pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding
tutor" [syn: captious, faultfinding] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
captious
(encz) | captious,chytrácký adj: Zdeněk Brožcaptious,rýpavý adj: Zdeněk Brožcaptious,šťouravý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
captiously
(encz) | captiously, |
captiousness
(encz) | captiousness,rýpavost n: Zdeněk Brožcaptiousness,úskočnost n: Zdeněk Brožcaptiousness,záludnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Captiously
(gcide) | Captiously \Cap"tious*ly\, adv.
In a captious manner.
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Captiousness
(gcide) | Captiousness \Cap"tious*ness\, n.
Captious disposition or manner.
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Uncaptious
(gcide) | Uncaptious \Uncaptious\
See captious. |
captious
(wn) | captious
adj 1: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious
pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding
tutor" [syn: captious, faultfinding] |
captiously
(wn) | captiously
adv 1: in a captious, carping manner; "he was captiously
pedantic" |
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