captious

Day 14Level 3

KAP-shuhs

faultfinding

faultfinding ; difficult to please

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

cantankerous, peevish, acrimonious

Antonyms:

encouraging, flattering

Example Sentence:

In trying to be more serious, the movie becomes more captious.

Related Words

temporary suppression

ab-uh-REY-shuhn

straying away from what is normal; temporary suppression

artificial obstacle

buh-RAHZH

artificial obstacle built across a river; an overwhelming quantity

obscene

BAW-dee

vulgar, obscene

scold

bih-REYT

to scold sharply; criticize

yellow metal

bras

any of the metal alloys consisting of copper and zinc

insincere talk

kant

insincere talk ; hypocrisy