Definition of captious in English:

captious

adjective ˈkapʃəsˈkæpʃəs

formal

Tending to find fault or raise petty objections.
〈正式〉（人）好吹毛求疵的，好挑剔的
a captious teacher
Example sentencesExamples
- I do not want to sound captious, but what was happening is essentially my question.
- To say that a man has adopted a vulgar prejudice, is calculated to give offence to no one but an illiterate booby, who does not know the meaning of the words, or a captious, inflated self-sufficient pedant.
- Probably those who engage in such histrionics and captious sophistry, do so because of some driven obsession with the desire to be eternally ‘original’.
- The story is autobiographical, and the tyrannical, captious, arbitrary, and selfish landowner is the author's mother, Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva.
- At the risk of sounding captious, one must observe that a 4,000-year-old drawing or painting of a cat that resembles a cat living today does not prove paternity or direct descent.
- Crosby was particularly captious of Waters, arguing that she was, after all, a highly regarded actress and celebrated role model for the African American community.
- A rather more captious way of putting your submission seems to be that, and are searching for identity and you do not demonstrate identity by ignoring change.
- In his letters, as in conversation, he offers himself no sanctuary, and the picture we are left to gather is an exaggeration of the facts: cold, hard, captious, rarely affectionate, often gloomy.
- If it is not wide-ranging and erratic, captious and unpredictable, it is not taste but snobbery.
- With program rivalries, people are said to be more captious and aware of the shows they are watching.
- A critic, and not necessarily a captious one, might argue that this title is in that no-man's-land in which paradox verges on contradiction.
- The McIlhennys bump along the well-trodden tourist path, she captious, he grouchy.
- Is it simply captious to ask, if I had suggested 14 June, whether then it would have been brought back to 31 May?
- I should withdraw my captious comments.
- Through his pen, inanity became animate, and the captious craft of caricature was raised to character study.
- These are not merely captious theoretical objections.
- He has sworn there is only $1,000 of other debt out there apart from other sundry creditors, so for them to raise really, with respect, captious points about fairness and the like is interesting.
- Now the objector to all of this is charged with being captious, with seeking to impose restraints on activities which lie at the heart of democratic processes.
- It must be said it is difficult for any club to have one of these in the captious world of football.
- The book exhibits some of the more unpleasant characteristics of the forensic approach: captious logic-chopping and a tone of arrogant pomposity.
Synonyms
critical, fault-finding, quibbling, niggling, cavilling, carping, criticizing, disapproving, censorious, judgemental, overcritical, hypercritical, pedantic, hair-splitting, pettifogging
Scottish &amp Irish pass-remarkable
informal nitpicking, pernickety

Derivatives

captiously

adverb ˈkapʃəsliˈkæpʃəsli

formal

The young people entrusted to him, forgetting their traditional values or their shared norms, become ostentatiously critical and disillusioned, indulging in discussions which are captiously relativistic, no longer ‘believing’ in anything.
Example sentencesExamples
- We have no right to reject their instruction and captiously insist that nothing but positive command shall bind us.
- And because she understandably longed to verify to herself that she was the most beautiful and best of women, she went about choosing this one man, whom she would honor with her refusal, very strictly and captiously.
- Indeed now I come to think of it I believe I have twice reviewed other books of yours rather captiously.
- And I captiously reflect how much better it must have sounded when it echoed to strains of music, instead of to the inanities of a young woman with a shrill voice and an uneducated intonation.

captiousness

noun ˈkapʃəsnəsˈkæpʃəsnəs

formal

Well, since you didn't reply in substance or with the captiousness common to the topic, you, at least, won't be indicted as a hijacker!
Example sentencesExamples
- Finally, mention should be made of the author's logical arguments, and his clear and interesting style: satisfying the highest professional demands, this book contains no dry scholarly captiousness.
- Then was seen the unprecedented sight of a party agent challenging the votes on his own side with a captiousness that his opponents would have hesitated to display.
- Dress, it seemed to me, was all she cared for; and there was a captiousness and ill-temper about her, at times, that was, to say the least of it, very unbecoming.
- This article is not prompted by any mere spirit of captiousness on my part.
- By way of a protest against the captiousness to which their agents were subjected, the Polish authorities on August 2 prohibited the importation of this firm's products into Polish territory.

Origin

Late Middle English (also in the sense 'intended to deceive someone'): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) 'seizing', (figuratively) 'deceiving' (see caption).

Definition of captious in US English:

captious

adjectiveˈkapSHəsˈkæpʃəs

formal

(of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections.
〈正式〉（人）好吹毛求疵的，好挑剔的
a captious teacher
Example sentencesExamples
- Through his pen, inanity became animate, and the captious craft of caricature was raised to character study.
- The book exhibits some of the more unpleasant characteristics of the forensic approach: captious logic-chopping and a tone of arrogant pomposity.
- Probably those who engage in such histrionics and captious sophistry, do so because of some driven obsession with the desire to be eternally ‘original’.
- I do not want to sound captious, but what was happening is essentially my question.
- If it is not wide-ranging and erratic, captious and unpredictable, it is not taste but snobbery.
- The story is autobiographical, and the tyrannical, captious, arbitrary, and selfish landowner is the author's mother, Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva.
- It must be said it is difficult for any club to have one of these in the captious world of football.
- These are not merely captious theoretical objections.
- The McIlhennys bump along the well-trodden tourist path, she captious, he grouchy.
- A rather more captious way of putting your submission seems to be that, and are searching for identity and you do not demonstrate identity by ignoring change.
- At the risk of sounding captious, one must observe that a 4,000-year-old drawing or painting of a cat that resembles a cat living today does not prove paternity or direct descent.
- To say that a man has adopted a vulgar prejudice, is calculated to give offence to no one but an illiterate booby, who does not know the meaning of the words, or a captious, inflated self-sufficient pedant.
- In his letters, as in conversation, he offers himself no sanctuary, and the picture we are left to gather is an exaggeration of the facts: cold, hard, captious, rarely affectionate, often gloomy.
- With program rivalries, people are said to be more captious and aware of the shows they are watching.
- Now the objector to all of this is charged with being captious, with seeking to impose restraints on activities which lie at the heart of democratic processes.
- A critic, and not necessarily a captious one, might argue that this title is in that no-man's-land in which paradox verges on contradiction.
- He has sworn there is only $1,000 of other debt out there apart from other sundry creditors, so for them to raise really, with respect, captious points about fairness and the like is interesting.
- Is it simply captious to ask, if I had suggested 14 June, whether then it would have been brought back to 31 May?
- I should withdraw my captious comments.
- Crosby was particularly captious of Waters, arguing that she was, after all, a highly regarded actress and celebrated role model for the African American community.
Synonyms
critical, fault-finding, quibbling, niggling, cavilling, carping, criticizing, disapproving, censorious, judgemental, overcritical, hypercritical, pedantic, hair-splitting, pettifogging

Origin

Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘intended to deceive someone’): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) ‘seizing’, (figuratively) ‘deceiving’ (see caption).

词汇	captious
释义	Definition of captious in English: captious adjective ˈkapʃəsˈkæpʃəs formal Tending to find fault or raise petty objections. 〈正式〉（人）好吹毛求疵的，好挑剔的 a captious teacher Example sentencesExamples I do not want to sound captious, but what was happening is essentially my question. To say that a man has adopted a vulgar prejudice, is calculated to give offence to no one but an illiterate booby, who does not know the meaning of the words, or a captious, inflated self-sufficient pedant. Probably those who engage in such histrionics and captious sophistry, do so because of some driven obsession with the desire to be eternally ‘original’. The story is autobiographical, and the tyrannical, captious, arbitrary, and selfish landowner is the author's mother, Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva. At the risk of sounding captious, one must observe that a 4,000-year-old drawing or painting of a cat that resembles a cat living today does not prove paternity or direct descent. Crosby was particularly captious of Waters, arguing that she was, after all, a highly regarded actress and celebrated role model for the African American community. A rather more captious way of putting your submission seems to be that, and are searching for identity and you do not demonstrate identity by ignoring change. In his letters, as in conversation, he offers himself no sanctuary, and the picture we are left to gather is an exaggeration of the facts: cold, hard, captious, rarely affectionate, often gloomy. If it is not wide-ranging and erratic, captious and unpredictable, it is not taste but snobbery. With program rivalries, people are said to be more captious and aware of the shows they are watching. A critic, and not necessarily a captious one, might argue that this title is in that no-man's-land in which paradox verges on contradiction. The McIlhennys bump along the well-trodden tourist path, she captious, he grouchy. Is it simply captious to ask, if I had suggested 14 June, whether then it would have been brought back to 31 May? I should withdraw my captious comments. Through his pen, inanity became animate, and the captious craft of caricature was raised to character study. These are not merely captious theoretical objections. He has sworn there is only $1,000 of other debt out there apart from other sundry creditors, so for them to raise really, with respect, captious points about fairness and the like is interesting. Now the objector to all of this is charged with being captious, with seeking to impose restraints on activities which lie at the heart of democratic processes. It must be said it is difficult for any club to have one of these in the captious world of football. The book exhibits some of the more unpleasant characteristics of the forensic approach: captious logic-chopping and a tone of arrogant pomposity. Synonyms critical, fault-finding, quibbling, niggling, cavilling, carping, criticizing, disapproving, censorious, judgemental, overcritical, hypercritical, pedantic, hair-splitting, pettifogging Scottish &amp Irish pass-remarkable informal nitpicking, pernickety Derivatives captiously adverb ˈkapʃəsliˈkæpʃəsli formal The young people entrusted to him, forgetting their traditional values or their shared norms, become ostentatiously critical and disillusioned, indulging in discussions which are captiously relativistic, no longer ‘believing’ in anything. Example sentencesExamples We have no right to reject their instruction and captiously insist that nothing but positive command shall bind us. And because she understandably longed to verify to herself that she was the most beautiful and best of women, she went about choosing this one man, whom she would honor with her refusal, very strictly and captiously. Indeed now I come to think of it I believe I have twice reviewed other books of yours rather captiously. And I captiously reflect how much better it must have sounded when it echoed to strains of music, instead of to the inanities of a young woman with a shrill voice and an uneducated intonation. captiousness noun ˈkapʃəsnəsˈkæpʃəsnəs formal Well, since you didn't reply in substance or with the captiousness common to the topic, you, at least, won't be indicted as a hijacker! Example sentencesExamples Finally, mention should be made of the author's logical arguments, and his clear and interesting style: satisfying the highest professional demands, this book contains no dry scholarly captiousness. Then was seen the unprecedented sight of a party agent challenging the votes on his own side with a captiousness that his opponents would have hesitated to display. Dress, it seemed to me, was all she cared for; and there was a captiousness and ill-temper about her, at times, that was, to say the least of it, very unbecoming. This article is not prompted by any mere spirit of captiousness on my part. By way of a protest against the captiousness to which their agents were subjected, the Polish authorities on August 2 prohibited the importation of this firm's products into Polish territory. Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense 'intended to deceive someone'): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) 'seizing', (figuratively) 'deceiving' (see caption). Definition of captious in US English: captious adjectiveˈkapSHəsˈkæpʃəs formal (of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections. 〈正式〉（人）好吹毛求疵的，好挑剔的 a captious teacher Example sentencesExamples Through his pen, inanity became animate, and the captious craft of caricature was raised to character study. The book exhibits some of the more unpleasant characteristics of the forensic approach: captious logic-chopping and a tone of arrogant pomposity. Probably those who engage in such histrionics and captious sophistry, do so because of some driven obsession with the desire to be eternally ‘original’. I do not want to sound captious, but what was happening is essentially my question. If it is not wide-ranging and erratic, captious and unpredictable, it is not taste but snobbery. The story is autobiographical, and the tyrannical, captious, arbitrary, and selfish landowner is the author's mother, Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva. It must be said it is difficult for any club to have one of these in the captious world of football. These are not merely captious theoretical objections. The McIlhennys bump along the well-trodden tourist path, she captious, he grouchy. A rather more captious way of putting your submission seems to be that, and are searching for identity and you do not demonstrate identity by ignoring change. At the risk of sounding captious, one must observe that a 4,000-year-old drawing or painting of a cat that resembles a cat living today does not prove paternity or direct descent. To say that a man has adopted a vulgar prejudice, is calculated to give offence to no one but an illiterate booby, who does not know the meaning of the words, or a captious, inflated self-sufficient pedant. In his letters, as in conversation, he offers himself no sanctuary, and the picture we are left to gather is an exaggeration of the facts: cold, hard, captious, rarely affectionate, often gloomy. With program rivalries, people are said to be more captious and aware of the shows they are watching. Now the objector to all of this is charged with being captious, with seeking to impose restraints on activities which lie at the heart of democratic processes. A critic, and not necessarily a captious one, might argue that this title is in that no-man's-land in which paradox verges on contradiction. He has sworn there is only $1,000 of other debt out there apart from other sundry creditors, so for them to raise really, with respect, captious points about fairness and the like is interesting. Is it simply captious to ask, if I had suggested 14 June, whether then it would have been brought back to 31 May? I should withdraw my captious comments. Crosby was particularly captious of Waters, arguing that she was, after all, a highly regarded actress and celebrated role model for the African American community. Synonyms critical, fault-finding, quibbling, niggling, cavilling, carping, criticizing, disapproving, censorious, judgemental, overcritical, hypercritical, pedantic, hair-splitting, pettifogging Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘intended to deceive someone’): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) ‘seizing’, (figuratively) ‘deceiving’ (see caption).
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