1. Adjective
Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
2. Adjective
Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.
3. Adjective
tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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