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Translate captious from English to French

Summary

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captious:
- chicanier; chicaneur; ergoteur

English

Detailed Translations for captious from English to French

captious:

captious adj

captious (carping; nitpicking)
chicanier
- chicanier adj
captious (nitpicking; fault-finding; carping)
chicaneur; ergoteur; chicanier
- chicaneur adj
- ergoteur adj
- chicanier adj

Translation Matrix for captious:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicaneur		caviler; caviller; censurer; critical person; fault finder; fault-finder; hair-splitter; meddler; nit-picker; nitpicker
chicanier		censurer; fault-finder; nitpicker
ergoteur		censurer; critical person; fault finder; fault-finder; meddler; nit-picker; nitpicker
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	faultfinding
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	insidious
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicaneur	captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking
chicanier	captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking	carping; fault-finding; nitpicking
ergoteur	captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking

Related Words for "captious":

captiousness, captiously

Synonyms for "captious":

faultfinding; critical

Related Definitions for "captious":

tending to find and call attention to faults¹
- a captious pedant¹

Related Translations for captious

captious statement

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University