captiousness tenkitçilik tenkit etme

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Definition of captiousness tenkitçilik tenkit etme in Turkish English dictionary

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.

Intended to capture or entrap

Deserves an answer similar, or none.

{a} apt to find fault, peevish, ensnaring

hypercritical

Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome

tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor

intended to trap or confuse

Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please

having a disposition to find, and point out minor faults; to judge too severely

tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

{s} narrow-minded, fault-finding, picky

Hyphenation

cap·ti·o·us·ness ten·kit·çi·lik ten·kit et·me