CAPTIOUS Synonyms

• persistent petty and unjustified criticism

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• inclined to judge too severely

• expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

• habitually complaining

• To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

• Cavilation

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• be overly critical; criticize minor details

• plausible but misleading

• bristling with perplexities

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• not to be trusted

• having concealed difficulty

• marked by skill in deception