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
