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Общая лексика: критиканство, мелочная критика, придирки -
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[ʹkæpʃəs] a1. придирчивыйcaptious criticism - мелочная критика, придирки, критиканство
2. обманчивый, двусмысленныйcaptious question - каверзный /коварный/ вопрос
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1. a придирчивыйcaptious criticism — мелочная критика, придирки, критиканство
2. a обманчивый, двусмысленныйСинонимический ряд:1. critical (adj.) backbiting; carping; caviling; cavilling; cavillous; censorious; critic; critical; faultfinding; hypercritical; overcritical; sarcastic; severe2. tricky (adj.) confusing; loaded; perplexing; subtle; treacherous; tricky; wily -
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ˈkæpʃəs прил. придирчивый, слишком строгий;
каверзный, хитрый Syn: fault-finding придирчивый - * criticism мелочная критика, придирки, критиканство обманчивый, двусмысленный - * question каверзный /коварный/ вопрос captious придирчивый;
каверзныйБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > captious
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5 придирка
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > придирка
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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