Definition of Captious

always looking for faults; hard to please

Examples of Captious in a sentence

None of the servers wanted to wait on the captious woman who complained about everything.  🔊

As the chef waited for the captious critic to review his food, he tried to think of any dish he could have prepared better.  🔊

My captious father is never satisfied with anything I do.  🔊

When my captious teacher grades my essays, she always finds a minor error in my work.  🔊

People hate being around Harry because he is a captious person who always criticizes others.  🔊

Even though I know my son is not perfect, I try to praise him instead of being captious and looking for flaws in his character.  🔊

Our captious minister was dismissed from his position after he publicly called out church members for their sins.  🔊

If I listened to my sister’s captious comments about my appearance, I would have no self-esteem at all.  🔊

My mother-in-law’s captious comments about my cooking made me regret inviting her over for dinner.  🔊

Even though Jill was a fantastic assistant, she quit her job because her captious boss was never satisfied with her work.  🔊

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