captiously critical
1faultfinding — I. adjective Date: 1622 disposed to find fault ; captiously critical Synonyms: see critical II. noun Date: circa 1611 petty, nagging, or unreasonable criticism …
2hypercritical — a. Over critical, captiously critical …
3hypercritic — /huy peuhr krit ik/, n. a person who is excessively or captiously critical. [1625 35; < NL hypercriticus. See HYPER , CRITIC] * * * …
4hypercritic — hy•per•crit•ic [[t]ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪk[/t]] n. a person who is excessively or captiously critical • Etymology: 1625–35; < NL hypercriticus. See hyper , critic …
5hypercritic — /haɪpəˈkrɪtɪk/ (say huypuh kritik) noun someone who is excessively or captiously critical …
6Spanish Inquisition — The Spanish Inquisition started and was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the medieval inquisition which was under papal… …
7captious — 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 …
8critic — /ˈkrɪtɪk / (say kritik) noun 1. a person skilled in judging the qualities or merits of some class of things, especially of literary or artistic work. 2. someone who judges captiously or with severity; someone who censures or finds fault. 3.… …
9captious — [kap′shəs] adj. [ME capcious < L captiosus < CAPTION] 1. made only for the sake of argument or faultfinding [captious criticism] 2. fond of catching others in mistakes; quick to find fault; quibbling; carping SYN. CRITICAL captiously adv.… …
