բծախնդիր adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
խճճող adj (that captures misleadingly)
մանրախնդիր adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
քթի մազ adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Bulgarian

4 entries

заядлив adj (that captures misleadingly)
заядлив adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
критичен adj (that captures misleadingly)
критичен adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Catalan

2 entries

capciós adj (that captures misleadingly)
criticador adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

強詞奪理的 /强词夺理的 adj (that captures misleadingly)
挑剔 adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
詭辯的 /诡辩的 adj (that captures misleadingly)

Dutch

3 entries

misleidend adj (that captures misleadingly)
sofistisch adj (that captures misleadingly)
vitziek adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Finnish

2 entries

harhaanjohtava adj (that captures misleadingly)
pikkumainen adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

French

2 entries

pinailleur adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
piège adj (that captures misleadingly)

German

4 entries

haarspalterisch adj (that captures misleadingly)
kleinkariert adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
kleinlich adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
krittelig adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Irish

2 entries

beachtaíoch adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
gearrghreamannach adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Italian

4 entries

ambiguo adj (that captures misleadingly)
arzigogolato adj (that captures misleadingly)
capzioso adj (that captures misleadingly)
capzioso adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Latin

1 entries

captiōsus adj (that captures misleadingly)

Māori

2 entries

ngutu-momoho adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
toretore adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

تتیز adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Portuguese

4 entries

ardiloso adj (that captures misleadingly)
astucioso adj (that captures misleadingly)
capcioso adj (that captures misleadingly)
implicante adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Russian

4 entries

каверзный adj (that captures misleadingly)
придирчивый adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
сли́шком стро́гий adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
хи́трый adj (that captures misleadingly)

Spanish

3 entries

capcioso adj (that captures misleadingly)
criticón adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
pejiguero adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Turkish

1 entries

müşkülpesent adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)

Vietnamese

2 entries

hay bắt bẻ adj (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections)
nguỵ biện adj (that captures misleadingly)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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He is a captious man.

Source: tatoeba (290261)

[…]I know I loue in vaine, ſtriue againſt hope : Yet in this captious, and intemible Siue I ſtill poure in the waters of my loue And lacke not to looſe ſtill[…]

Source: wiktionary

A captious queſtion, Sir, and your’s is one, Deſerves an anſwer ſimilar, or none.

Source: wiktionary

Were you aware that in your discourse last Sunday you attributed the captious Problem of the Sadducees to the Pharisees, as a proof of the obscure and sensual doctrines of the latter?

Source: wiktionary

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