captious criticism

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• captious — [kap′shəs] adj. [ME capcious < L captiosus < CAPTION] 1. made only for the sake of argument or faultfinding [captious criticism] 2. fond of catching others in mistakes; quick to find fault; quibbling; carping SYN. CRITICAL captiously adv.… …   English World dictionary

• carping — I. a. Cavilling, censorious, captious, hypercritical. II. n. Censure, cavil, fault finding, hyper criticism, captious criticism …   New dictionary of synonyms

• carp´ing|ly — carp|ing «KAHR pihng», adjective, noun. –adj. that carps; faultfinding; complaining: »that carping spirit in which she had been wont to judge of his actions (Anthony Trollope). SYNONYM(S): censorious, captious. –n. faultfinding; captious… …   Useful english dictionary

• carp|ing — «KAHR pihng», adjective, noun. –adj. that carps; faultfinding; complaining: »that carping spirit in which she had been wont to judge of his actions (Anthony Trollope). SYNONYM(S): censorious, captious. –n. faultfinding; captious criticism:… …   Useful english dictionary

• Momus — humorously disagreeable person, 1560s, from Latin, from Gk. Momos, nme of the god of ridicule and sarcasm (Gk. momos, lit. blame, ridicule, disgrace, of unknown origin); also used in English as personification of fault finding and captious… …   Etymology dictionary

• cavil — n. 1. Frivolous objection, captious criticism, unwarranted censure, carping, censoriousness, wilful censure, objection for objection s sake. 2. Specious objection, specious controversion, specious disputation, sophistry, special pleading …   New dictionary of synonyms

• hypercriticism — n. Captious criticism …   New dictionary of synonyms

• needler — ˈnēd(ə)lə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: in sense 1, from needle (I) + er; in other senses from needle (II) + er …   Useful english dictionary

• critical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exacting, captious, censorious, faultfinding, disparaging; judicious, accurate, analytical; decisive; urgent, crucial; dangerous, risky. See disapprobation, importance, detraction. II (Roget s IV)… …   English dictionary for students

• faultfinding — I noun persistent petty and unjustified criticism • Syn: ↑carping • Hypernyms: ↑criticism, ↑unfavorable judgment II adjective 1. tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions …   Useful english dictionary

• W.E.B. Du Bois: What African Americans Want (1903) — ▪ Primary Source       Although they came to represent divergent perspectives on civil rights, Booker T. Washington (Washington, Booker T) and W.E.B. Du Bois were the two leading African American spokesmen at the turn of the twentieth century.… …   Universalium