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Critical :: Critical (n.) Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.

Findfaulting :: Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.

Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

Captious :: Captious (a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome..

Hypercriticise :: Hypercriticise (v. t.) To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.

Exceptious :: Exceptious (a.) Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious..

Captiousness :: Captiousness (n.) Captious disposition or manner.

Cynical :: Cynical (a.) Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish.

Hypercritic :: Hypercritic (n.) One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.

Captiously :: Captiously (adv.) In a captious manner.

Nasute :: Nasute (a.) Critically nice; captious.

Scrupulous :: Scrupulous (a.) Given to making objections; captious.

Cavil :: Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

Hypercritical :: Hypercritical (a.) Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.

Umbratious :: Umbratious (a.) Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage.

Caviling :: Caviling (a.) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.

Fribbling :: Fribbling (a.) Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious.

Sophist :: Sophist (n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner..

Critic :: Critic (n.) One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.

Cavil :: Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.

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