Captiousness

Synonyms for "captiousness" (45 found)

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animadversion aspersionbad noticesbad pressbickering carping cavil chicanery

Noun(1 words)

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criticism dodging equivocation evasion exception fault-finding faultfinding fencing flak hairsplitting hedging hit imputation knock

Related words (22)

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"Yes— and I suppose you want to know why," she replied with dry captiousness.

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