en captious

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: JMDict 1.07, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • en faultfinding (a, wn) ➜
  • ja 口うるさい (a) ➜
  • ja 口煩い (a) ➜
  • ja 口煩さい (a) ➜
  • bg заядлив ➜
  • bg критичен ➜
  • bg придирчив ➜
  • es capcioso ➜
  • fi harhaanjohtava ➜
  • hy խճճող ➜
  • nl misleidend ➜
  • nl sofistisch ➜
  • pt ardiloso ➜
  • pt astucioso ➜
  • pt capcioso ➜
  • ru каверзный ➜
  • ru хитрый ➜
  • zh 強詞奪理的 ➜
  • zh 强词夺理的 ➜
  • zh 詭辯的 ➜
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Related terms

  • da smålig (a) ➜
  • de spitzfindig (a) ➜
  • en caption (n) ➜
  • en cavilling ➜
  • en disposition ➜
  • en fault ➜
  • en nitpicky ➜
  • en objection ➜
  • en petty ➜
  • fr captieux ➜
  • en captiously (r) ➜
  • en captiousness (n) ➜
  • en sophist (n) ➜
  • en uncaptious (a) ➜
  • en yar (v) ➜
  • es capcioso (a) ➜
  • es criticón (a) ➜
  • fil malabiga (a) ➜
  • fr vétilleux (a) ➜
  • ga beachtaí (n) ➜
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Similar terms

  • en critical (a, wn) ➜
  • en critical (a, wn) ➜

Derived terms

  • en captiously ➜
  • en captiousness ➜
  • en uncaptious ➜

Etymological roots of "captious"

  • enm capcious ➜
  • frm captieux ➜
  • la captiosus ➜

Etymologically related

  • la captio ➜
  • en conniption ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 300650889-s
  • en.wiktionary.org captious
  • fr.wiktionary.org captious
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