captious
/kap-shuhs/US // ˈkæp ʃəs //UK // (ˈkæpʃəs) //
迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒
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acrimonious尖锐的,尖刻的,尖刻,尖锐cantankerous气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,脾气暴躁的人,脾气暴躁的carping争吵,捣乱,捣蛋,跳舞censorious审查,审查者,审查员,审查的contrary反之,相反的,相反地,相反的是crabby倔强的,倔强,倔强的人,螃蟹cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形demanding要求高的,要求高,苛刻的,苛刻的要求disparaging诋毁性的,诋毁性,贬低,诋毁exacting严格的,严格,严谨,严谨的fault-finding找茬,寻错,找错,寻疵finicky挑剔的,挑剔的人,狡猾的,棘手的hypercritical高评判性,高评判性的,高评语,高评判irritable烦躁,烦躁不安,烦躁的,易怒peevish乖张,乖戾,乖张的,乖戾的perverse反常的,反常,乖张,悖逆的petulant娇气,娇气的,娇气的人,娇惯sarcastic讽刺,带讽刺意味的,带讽刺意味,挖苦severe严重,严厉,严峻,严峻的testy诙谐,狡猾的,暴躁,狡猾的人
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
- : proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a captious remark.
- : apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, especially in argument: captious questions.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The human sweetness in him was half dried up, and a misanthropy, so new and alien to him, made him querulous and captious.
But the real Hynde Horn in the dear old ballad had a truelove who was not captious and capricious and cold like Francesca.
"There, you hear that," said Lawless, who had just drunk enough to render him captious and obstinate.
The Pharisees, always captious and controversial, sought to entangle the Savior in a discussion on the subject of divorce.
A captious eye might have marked it as somewhat lacking—somewhat too round and ready, like the ripple on a pan of water.
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