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1 capciosidad
• captiousness• insidious• insight -
2 insidia
• captiousness• ill will• maliciously• malign -
3 insidia
f.1 trap, snare (trampa).2 malicious act.3 maliciousness, ill will, captiousness.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: insidiar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: insidiar.* * *2 (maldad) maliciousness* * *SF1) (=trampa) snare, trap2) (=acto) malicious act3) (=mala intención) maliciousness* * ** * *Ex. Never attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by mere stupidity.* * ** * *Ex: Never attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by mere stupidity.
* * *obró con insidia he acted deceitfully o treacherously* * *
insidia sustantivo femenino deceit, malice
* * *insidia nf1. [trampa] trap, snare2. [mala acción] malicious act* * *f treachery;actuar con insidia act treacherously* * *insidia nf1) : snare, trap2) : malice -
4 cavilosidad
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5 capciosidad
f.captiousness, insidiousness.
См. также в других словарях:
Captiousness — Cap tious*ness, n. Captious disposition or manner. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
captiousness — captious ► ADJECTIVE formal ▪ tending to find fault or raise petty objections. DERIVATIVES captiously adverb captiousness noun. ORIGIN Old French captieux, from Latin capere take, seize ; related to CAPTION(Cf. ↑caption) … English terms dictionary
captiousness — noun see captious … New Collegiate Dictionary
captiousness — See captiously. * * * … Universalium
captiousness — noun a) The state of being captious. b) Captious behaviour … Wiktionary
captiousness — n. narrow mindedness, fussiness … English contemporary dictionary
captiousness — capˈtiousness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑captious … Useful english dictionary
captious — adjective Etymology: Middle English capcious, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French captieux, from Latin captiosus, from captio deception, verbal quibble, from capere to take more at heave Date: 14th century 1. marked by an often ill natured … New Collegiate Dictionary
captious — captiously, adv. captiousness, n. /kap sheuhs/, adj. 1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. 2. proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a … Universalium
Whewell’s philosophy of science and ethics — Struan Jacobs ON SCIENCE Introduction Among the most prodigious of English minds of the nineteenth century, William Whewell (1794–1866) was at various times, and among other things, philosopher, intellectual historian, scientist, educationist,… … History of philosophy
animadversion — Synonyms and related words: accusation, adverse criticism, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, censure, criticism, exception, faultfinding, flak, hairsplitting, hit, home thrust, hostile… … Moby Thesaurus
