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captious (adjective), more captious, most captious
Relating to being faultfinding; a negative word used to describe someone who tends to criticize everything that others are doing: As a captious perfectionist, Bonita tended to frustrate those around her with her constant disapproval of whatever they were doing.
Referring to those who are always critical and hard to please.
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Pertaining to someone who is cross and faultfinding even when someone strive to do something good.
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