captious

captious has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
• a.. Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.
• a.. tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"