Can Someone Be Captious?

captious Add to list Share. If someone tends to be hypercritical and find fault with everything, you can describe that person as captious. ... When a person is described as captious, the sense is usually of nitpicking at faults or raising petty objections.

What is captious person?

A captious individual is one who you might also dub "hypercritical," the sort of carping, censorious critic only too ready to point out minor faults or raise objections on trivial grounds.

Is captious a negative word?

Note: critical can also be a positive word to describe a thorough and fair judgment or analysis, where captious is always a negative word used to describe someone who tends to find fault in everything.