Captious (Adjective)
Meaning
Tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The teacher's captious attitude made it difficult for students to feel comfortable sharing their ideas in class.
- Her captious nature made her a nightmare to work with, as she constantly pointed out the smallest mistakes.
- The captious critic's scathing review of the play was met with outrage from the cast and crew.
- The professor's captious grading style made it impossible for students to get a good grade, no matter how hard they tried.
- The captious editor's constant nitpicking was driving the writer crazy, making it hard to meet the looming deadline.