captiousness

listen to the pronunciation of captiousness
Englisch - Englisch
Captious behaviour
The state of being captious
{n} peevishness, ill-nature, crossness
{i} narrow-mindedness, fussiness
Captious disposition or manner
captious
Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections

But Peter Petrovich did not accept this retort. On the contrary, he became all the more captious and irritable, as though he were just hitting his stride.

captious
Intended to capture or entrap

Deserves an answer similar, or none.

captious
hypercritical
captious
{a} apt to find fault, peevish, ensnaring
captious
Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome
captious
tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor
captious
intended to trap or confuse
captious
Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please
captious
having a disposition to find, and point out minor faults; to judge too severely
captious
tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
captious
{s} narrow-minded, fault-finding, picky
captiousness
Favoriten