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Showing words for CAPTIOUS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Captious

autopsic, captious

7 Letter Words for Captious

actious, copitas, psoatic, upcoast, utopias

6 Letter Words for Captious

aspout, atopic, capots, cautio, coapts, coatis, coitus, copist, copita, coptis, costia, isotac, opacus, optics, patios, patois, picots, pistou, postic, putois, scotia, spatio, topics, tsouic, upcast, utopia

5 Letter Words for Captious

acost, acoup, actos, actus, aitus, aotus, apios, apout, ascot, aspic, atocs, autos, capos, capot, caput, catso, caupo, caups, ciaos, cista, citua, coapt, coast, coati, coats, coits, copia, copis, copus, costa, coupa, coups, cuits, cutis, ictus, iotas, octas, optic, ostia, ousia, outas, pacos, pacts, pasto, patio, picas, picot, picus, pious, pisco, pitas, pitau, pocus, posca, posit, potus, pouts, psoai, puist, sapit, scapi, scaup, scaut, scopa, scoup, scout, scuta, sitao, soapi, souct, spait, spica, spout, sputa, staio, staup, stipa, stipo, stoai, stoic, stopa, stoup, stupa, tacos, tacso, taipo, tapis, tapus, tasco, taupo, topas, topau, topia, topic, tosca, upsit, utica

4 Letter Words for Captious

acop, acpt, acts, actu, acus, aits, aitu, apio, apis, apsu, apts, apus, asci, asio, asop, atip, atis, atoc, atop, auto, capi, capo, caps, capt, cast, cats, caup, caus, ciao, cipo, cist, cito, cits, coat, coit, copa, cops, copt, cost, cots, coua, coup, cpus, cuit, cups, cusp, cust, cuts, icao, iocs, iota, ipso, itas, oast, oats, ocas, octa, opai, opts, opus, otic, otis, otus, oups, oust, outa, outs, paco, pacs, pact, pacu, pais, pasi, paso, past, pato, pats, patu, paut, pias, pica, pico, pics, pict, pisa, piso, pist, pita, pits, piua, pius, poas, pois, post, poti, pots, pout, psia, ptui, puca, puts, saco, saic, saip, sapo, sati, saut, scap, scat, scop, scot, scup, scut, sita, situ, soap, soca, soup, sout, spat, spic, spit, spot, sput, stap, stoa, stop, suci, suit, supa, supt, taco, tais, taos, taps, tapu, tasu, taus, tiao, tics, tips, tipu, tocs, topi, tops, tosa, toup, tsia, tuis, tupi, tups, upas, utai, utas, utis

3 Letter Words for Captious

act, ais, ait, apc, apt, asp, ast, atp, cai, cap, cat, cia, cis, cit, cop, cos, cot, cpa, cpi, cpo, cps, cpt, cpu, csi, csp, cst, cto, cts, cup, cut, iao, ios, iou, ipo, ips, iso, ist, ita, its, oas, oat, oca, oct, ois, opa, ops, opt, osi, otc, oui, oup, ous, out, pac, pas, pat, pau, pci, pct, pia, pic, pis, pit, piu, poa, poi, pos, pot, psi, pst, pta, pts, pua, pus, put, sac, sai, sao, sap, sat, sau, sci, sct, sic, sip, sit, soc, sop, sot, sou, spa, spt, sta, sui, sup, tai, tao, tap, tas, tau, tcp, tic, tip, tis, tiu, toa, toc, toi, top, tos, tou, tpi, tps, tsi, tsp, tua, tui, tup, uca, uit, upo, ups, usa, ust, uta, utc, uti, uts

Definitions for Captious

[1] apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
[2] proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a captious remark.
[3] apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, especially in argument: captious questions.
[4] apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping

Words related to Captious

acrimonious, cantankerous, carping, censorious, contrary, crabby, cross, demanding, disparaging, exacting, fault-finding, finicky, hypercritical, irritable, peevish, perverse, petulant, sarcastic, severe, testy

Words nearby Captious

captains of industry, captainship, captan, captcha, caption, captious, captivate, captive, captive audience, captive market, captivity

Origin of Captious

1350–1400; Middle English capcious < Latin captiōsus sophistical, equivalent to capti(ō ) a taking, hence, sophism (see caption) + -ōsus -ous

Other words from Captious

cap·tious·ly , adverb
cap·tious·ness , noun
non·cap·tious , adjective
non·cap·tious·ly , adverb
non·cap·tious·ness , noun
o·ver·cap·tious , adjective
o·ver·cap·tious·ly , adverb
o·ver·cap·tious·ness , noun
un·cap·tious , adjective
un·cap·tious·ly , adverb
un·cap·tious·ness , noun

Word origin for Captious

C14 (meaning: catching in error): from Latin captiōsus, from captiō a seizing; see caption

Synonyms for Captious

acrimonious, cantankerous, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, contrary, crabby, cross, demanding, deprecating, disparaging, exacting, exceptive, fault-finding, finicky, hypercritical, irritable, nagging, nit-picking, overcritical, peevish, perverse, petulant, sarcastic, severe, testy, touchy