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What is another word for
captious
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Tending to find fault or raise petty objections
That captures
Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
Having a predisposition to fight or engage in confrontations
Irritable, often due to old age
Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious
Insincere or hypocritical in nature
Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature
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▲
Adjective
▲
Tending to find fault or raise petty objections
critical
carping
cavilling
UK
fault-finding
hypercritical
censorious
deprecating
disparaging
nagging
overcritical
niggling
nit-picking
pedantic
pettifogging
quibbling
caviling
US
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
disapproving
faultfinding
hair-splitting
judgemental
judgmental
nitpicking
rejective
pass-remarkable
pernickety
acrimonious
cantankerous
cavillous
contrary
crabby
cross
demanding
exacting
exceptive
finicky
hairsplitting
irritable
negative
nitpicky
peevish
perverse
petty
petulant
sarcastic
severe
testy
thorny
touchy
tricky
trivial
unfair
unjust
very critical
condemnatory
reproachful
hard to please
deprecatory
condemning
scathing
overnice
picky
censuring
judgy
complaining
fussy
castigatory
denunciatory
reproving
unfavourable
UK
contemptuous
stern
pejorative
over-censorious
pharisaic
griping
bellyaching
unfavorable
US
whingeing
calumniatory
belittling
cutting
cynical
difficult to please
self-righteous
derogatory
nit-picky
impossible to please
nice
fine
punctilious
subtle
unsympathetic
querulous
over-rigorous
overexact
overprecise
over-strict
overrefined
persnickety
unforgiving
berating
damning
reprobatory
grousing
grouchy
moaning
grumbling
reprobative
on someone's back
ultra-critical
culpatory
accusatory
denouncing
reprehending
vituperative
reproaching
chiding
severely critical
grouching
whining
bleating
slighting
kvetching
particular
mithering
chuntering
full of reproof
dissatisfied
discontented
scolding
critic
humbling
demeaning
harsh
trenchant
sharp
biting
choleric
withering
satirical
lowering
hostile
discouraging
unfriendly
antagonistic
accusing
adverse
poor
bad
injurious
unflattering
uncomplimentary
inimical
jaundiced
low
naysaying
damnatory
admonitory
adversarial
upbraiding
slating
knocking
adversary
disavowing
damaging
opposing
vicious
sharp-tongued
destructive
antipathetic
inhospitable
prejudicial
unhelpful
undermining
disobliging
invalidating
obstructive
counter
vexatious
discrediting
ill-disposed
corrosive
offensive
caustic
abrasive
troublesome
disappointed
blameful
brusque
cruel
hurtful
accusive
abusive
proscriptive
frowning
admonishing
opprobrious
incriminatory
accusatorial
ambiguous
equivocal
evasive
boot-faced
disapprobatory
nasty
cursing
mean
displeased
shrewish
jesuitical
sophistical
reprehensive
untoward
more ❯
“If it is not wide-ranging and erratic,
captious
and unpredictable, it is not taste but snobbery.”
Adjective
▲
That captures
bewildering
confusing
devious
disingenuous
entrapping
malicious
misleading
Adjective
▲
Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy
fretful
irritable
grumpy
cross
petulant
testy
irascible
touchy
peevish
fractious
cranky
crabby
ratty
snappish
crotchety
huffy
tetchy
querulous
splenetic
crabbed
perverse
edgy
complaining
ornery
uptight
miserable
mean
grumbling
whining
critical
tense
carping
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
contrary
upset
unhappy
distraught
overwrought
uncomfortable
worried
anxious
fidgety
stressed
faultfinding
agitated
distressed
nervous
overstrung
rattled
twitchy
wreck
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
ill-natured
short-tempered
out of sorts
ill at ease
worked up
wrought up
het up
cantankerous
snappy
grouchy
prickly
pettish
choleric
waspish
chippy
surly
ill-humoured
UK
ill-humored
US
peppery
crusty
narky
moody
fiery
curmudgeonly
bilious
dyspeptic
eggy
liverish
soreheaded
peckish
snarky
quick-tempered
miffy
sulky
snippy
snippety
stuffy
impatient
sullen
sour
whingy
disagreeable
raspy
churlish
scratchy
in a bad mood
sorehead
angry
snaky
bitter
morose
whingeing
like a bear with a sore head
mardy
on edge
out of temper
fault-finding
difficult
acrimonious
waspy
shrewish
spiteful
out of humor
thin-skinned
cynical
harsh
discontented
whiny
tough
fussy
brusque
trying
tart
acrid
waxy
grousing
mumpish
awkward
bearish
venomous
sharp
vindictive
nasty
hot-tempered
huffish
disgruntled
glum
unsociable
pouty
dissatisfied
misanthropic
obstinate
pertinacious
displeased
crybaby
ungracious
salty
curt
pouting
feisty
bristly
malicious
malignant
gloomy
quarrelsome
shirty
ireful
dour
acid
growling
fretting
childish
saturnine
blunt
cussed
chuffy
stroppy
scrappy
ugly
iracund
iracundulous
in a mood
cross-grained
short-fused
foul-tempered
short
hasty
passionate
as cross as two sticks
having got out of bed the wrong side
on a short fuse
nasty-tempered
out-of-sorts
hot under the collar
unruly
recalcitrant
refractory
froward
restless
indomitable
uncompliant
restive
indocile
wild
temperamental
catty
argumentative
gruff
volatile
sensitive
contentious
hotheaded
truculent
oversensitive
nagging
hypercritical
uncooperative
exasperated
snarling
resentful
annoyed
brooding
disputatious
scolding
rancorous
litigious
snide
criticizing
US
griping
vinegary
sore
filthy
obstreperous
out of humour
aggressive
backbiting
cattish
hot-blooded
sharp-tongued
criticising
UK
vixenish
having got out of bed on the wrong side
easily offended
murmuring
plaintive
censorious
grumbly
moaning
negative
crying
deploring
lamenting
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
hard to please
huffy irascible
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
fastidious
fussy
picky
particular
finicky
choosy
exacting
demanding
pernickety
nice
dainty
finical
persnickety
discriminating
choosey
critical
finicking
delicate
scrupulous
punctilious
meticulous
fussbudgety
careful
pedantic
overnice
hypercritical
perfectionist
precise
difficult
nitpicking
faddy
refined
squeamish
exact
painstaking
overdelicate
overcritical
assiduous
sedulous
stickling
queasy
thorough
old-maidish
over-particular
hard to please
nit-picky
hair-splitting
pass-remarkable
difficult to please
impossible to please
easily disgusted
very careful
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
fault-finding
overscrupulous
dogmatic
over-exacting
disapproving
faultfinding
casuistic
sophistical
sophistic
quibbling
precisionist
uncompromising
inflexible
rigorous
tough
intractable
obstinate
overbearing
unaccommodating
unamenable
strict
literalistic
literalist
unreasonable
querulous
imperious
harsh
nagging
overexacting
stringent
unbending
hard
formalist
obdurate
purist
hardheaded
sticklerish
stiff
disparaging
censuring
cavillous
tyrannical
scholastic
dictatorial
unflinching
pettifogging
casuistical
importunate
unrelenting
grim
boorish
rigid
carping
pitiless
inexorable
irascible
resolute
immovable
unyielding
oppressive
prickly
crotchety
ornery
disputatious
chippy
disputative
high-maintenance
hard-line
over-censorious
over-rigorous
over-strict
bloody-minded
hard to satisfy
hairsplitting
selective
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
trifling
prevaricative
evasive
elusive
nit-picking
conscientious
discerning
heedful
methodical
accurate
cautious
overparticular
faddish
detailed
attentive
fine
diligent
prissy
judicious
religious
sensitive
circumspect
correct
elaborate
studious
close
laborious
faithful
chary
discriminative
ultra-careful
deliberate
perceptive
acute
discreet
choicy
over-fastidious
exhaustive
punctual
searching
prim
orderly
alert
loving
prudent
minute
wary
astute
keen
unerring
guarded
sharp
thoughtful
reluctant
suspicious
industrious
eclectic
select
mathematical
dedicated
full
intensive
solid
thoroughgoing
hesitant
conservative
considerate
safe
subtle
in-depth
gingerly
calculating
tasteful
discriminatory
reliable
faultless
perfect
fiddly
pinpoint
fussbudget
perspicacious
anal
puritanical
overfastidious
analytical
conscionable
provident
proper
uneasy
regardful
concerned
opinionated
obsessive
fretful
observant
watchful
mindful
selfdisciplined
strenuous
nuanced
loath
distrustful
sceptical
UK
dubious
shy
leery
mistrustful
doubtful
fuddy-duddy
exquisite
afraid
nervous
averse
apprehensive
cagey
disinclined
hairline
iffy
going to great lengths
by the book
restrained
canny
inhibited
constrained
skeptical
US
by the numbers
distinguished
excessively orderly
complex
complicated
niggling
tricky
overprecise
mincing
impeccable
rough
complete
pure
prudish
stuffy
microscopic
minding p's and q's
fixed
priggish
scientific
right
duteous
cultivated
quick
strait-laced
schoolmarmish
intricate
zealous
thinking twice
extremely careful
literal
shrewd
insightful
spot-on
Victorian
brilliant
unwavering
precious
cultured
discriminational
differential
white-glove
dotting the i's
crossing the t's
unswerving
involved
clever
bright
penetrating
intelligent
defined
unmistakable
veridical
artistic
aesthetic
UK
unfailing
undeviating
errorless
systematic
considered
skillful
US
skilful
UK
fancy
unambiguous
specific
picky-picky
old maidish
loyal
steadfast
old womanish
individualising
UK
wise
individualizing
US
esthetic
US
flawless
certain
definitive
sagacious
infallible
explicit
fine-drawn
superior
finespun
nifty
formal
vigilant
with good taste
well-executed
well-made
well-crafted
finely honed
clear-cut
error-free
ultra-fine
dead on
winning
incorrupted
levelheaded
balanced
rational
logical
reasonable
pragmatic
deep
reasoned
timid
mature
well thought-out
well-grounded
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a predisposition to fight or engage in confrontations
contentious
combative
aggressive
belligerent
bellicose
pugnacious
confrontational
militant
truculent
warlike
scrappy
hostile
agonistic
antagonistic
feisty
gladiatorial
discordant
assaultive
chippy
brawly
threatening
irascible
defiant
fiery
warring
litigious
stroppy
battling
fighting
disputative
perverse
petulant
choleric
irritable
touchy
factious
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
bickering
wrangling
prickly
testy
ready for a fight
argumentative
quarrelsome
disputatious
cantankerous
polemical
controversial
polemic
contrary
oppugnant
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
quick-tempered
hot-tempered
dissentious
fractious
dissentient
challenging
difficult
bolshie
ornery
spoiling for a fight
have chip on shoulder
troublesome
awkward
dissenting
disagreeing
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
salty
spiky
opinionated
unfriendly
mean
fierce
having a chip on one's shoulder
nasty
snappy
inharmonious
aggers
biffo
loudmouthed
querulous
grouchy
peevish
pettish
cross
hotheaded
ardent
hot
flip
tempestuous
arguesome
arsey
ructious
crabby
huffy
excitable
impassioned
turbulent
violent
brawling
unruly
passionate
churlish
war
hawkish
at loggerheads
warmongering
on the outs
militaristic
have it in for
offensive
looking for trouble
thin-skinned
have a bone to pick
jingoistic
destructive
provocative
battleful
sabre-rattling
on the warpath
inimical
martial
adversarial
rebellious
inhospitable
disobedient
insubordinate
malevolent
unsympathetic
military
recalcitrant
angry
refractory
unkind
surly
sullen
spiteful
contumacious
wayward
unpleasant
rancorous
resistant
intractable
ungovernable
malicious
antipathetic
adverse
snappish
rebel
froward
wilful
obstinate
willful
disagreeable
rude
gung-ho
disorderly
narky
ill-disposed
grumpy
intimidating
uncooperative
balky
unsociable
splenetic
vitriolic
sour
incompliant
uncongenial
revolutionary
unmanageable
uncivil
insolent
uncontrollable
negativistic
passive-aggressive
discourteous
bloodthirsty
ill-natured
invasive
snarly
contending
bitter
mutinous
obstreperous
incorrigible
opposing
conflicting
vicious
negative
wrathful
combatant
untoward
disapproving
virulent
courageous
hateful
restive
recusant
catty
jaundiced
disaffected
brusque
unreceptive
sulky
dissident
opposed
tetchy
ungracious
short-tempered
curmudgeonly
abrupt
dyspeptic
impolite
radical
unhelpful
nonconformist
uptight
malcontent
soldierly
acrimonious
treasonable
ill-humoured
UK
up in arms
attacking
ill-humored
US
anarchistic
iconoclastic
stubborn
active
harsh
browbeating
bullying
unwelcoming
tough
curt
venomous
alien
adversary
pushy
subversive
enthusiastic
moody
spirited
spunky
competing
unpropitious
maleficent
biting
malefic
malignant
militarist
ferocious
gutsy
embattled
rival
gruff
dour
viperous
cold
clashing
pouty
bellicistic
bellicist
impudent
glum
crabbed
combating
cruel
disruptive
humourless
UK
humorless
US
scowling
insurgent
blunt
disobliging
boorish
crotchety
terse
rough
unsmiling
morose
mopey
pouting
ratty
at war
war-mongering
war-loving
crusty
sparring
moping
bold
shirty
impatient
impetuous
opposite
insurrectionary
ready to fight
bloody-minded
at daggers drawn
individualistic
treacherous
ill-mannered
whiny
seditious
unyielding
sanguinary
cussed
poisonous
soldierlike
battle-hardened
paramilitary
intrusive
expansionist
rapacious
abusive
miffy
exasperated
plucky
determined
forbidding
hard
glowering
stern
menacing
covertly narcissistic
macho
hurtful
resentful
vindictive
disloyal
incursive
troublemaking
tense
piqued
itching
terrorizing
US
cranky
fretful
mighty
peppery
soreheaded
disgruntled
vehement
terrorising
UK
oppositional
ill
wrestling
tilting
skirmishing
indignant
on the attack
assertive
insurrectionist
displeased
eggy
vigorous
restless
sabotaging
self-assertive
itching to fight
unindulgent
mean-spirited
unaccommodating
under arms
unreasonable
antisocial
treasonous
obstructive
acid
bilious
bearish
unwilling
adversative
accusatorial
reluctant
oppugning
discontented
unlikable
unamenable
ultra-active
two-fisted
forceful
extremist
extreme
out of humour
having short fuse
hot under collar
allergic
riotous
gung ho
out of sorts
eristic
waspish
ugly
fanatical
zealous
unsocial
pressuring
hectoring
imperious
domineering
at odds
unobliging
enemy
warrish
assertory
unamiable
stand-offish
trigger-happy
chauvinistic
in arms
foul
sensitive
warmonger
dysfunctional
brave
mettlesome
lively
alive
energetic
bubbly
peppy
gritty
frisky
gutty
zestful
game
hearty
defensive
delinquent
hot-blooded
service
flag-waving
naughty
badly behaved
undisciplined
ill-disciplined
mischievous
full-blooded
go-getting
high-strung
full of pep
bad
badly-behaved
misbehaving
problematic
soldier-like
heroic
army
naval
socially impaired
trying
self-willed
tiresome
erratic
errant
disturbed
pesky
roguish
rowdy
undisciplinable
ill-behaved
demanding
troublous
maladjusted
exasperating
unrestrainable
irksome
uncompliant
rascally
uncontainable
devilish
wearisome
indocile
valiant
valorous
intransigent
daring
resisting
audacious
reckless
resistive
disregardful
cheeky
insubmissive
dareful
sassy
non-compliant
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Irritable, often due to old age
crusty
irritable
grumpy
testy
cross
grouchy
cantankerous
crabby
irascible
touchy
peevish
crabbed
cranky
ratty
surly
tetchy
prickly
choleric
crotchety
snappish
snappy
waspish
fractious
splenetic
chippy
narky
pettish
disagreeable
dyspeptic
eggy
soreheaded
curmudgeonly
peppery
bilious
peckish
liverish
snaky
ornery
shirty
brusque
scratchy
gruff
curt
stroppy
shrewish
quarrelsome
snarling
harsh
saturnine
argumentative
short
scornful
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
ill-humoured
UK
ill-natured
short-tempered
quick-tempered
ill-humored
US
short-fused
cross-grained
on a short fuse
like a bear with a sore head
hot-tempered
impatient
petulant
temperamental
querulous
edgy
annoyed
uptight
volatile
sullen
huffy
fretful
thin-skinned
perverse
mean
miffy
stuffy
out of sorts
oversensitive
fiery
ticklish
exasperated
sensitive
snarky
irritated
moody
snippy
snippety
waxy
raspy
jumpy
out of humor
as cross as two sticks
stressy
critical
obstinate
difficult
sour
truculent
uncooperative
contrary
on edge
bearish
morose
vinegarish
arsey
dour
acid
awkward
vinegary
hypersensitive
bloody-minded
tense
easily offended
toey
dicey
hazardous
unsafe
highly strung
unpredictable
sulky
perturbable
wired up
wound up
bundle of nerves
angry
vexed
peeved
churlish
put out
piqued
irate
upset
irked
resentful
galled
displeased
livid
apoplectic
riled
mad
ireful
sore
steamed
wild
crook
vex
ropeable
steamed up
hoha
wroth
faultfinding
cavilling
UK
mardy
tooshie
caviling
US
aerated
foaming at the mouth
hacked off
in a paddy
out of humour
not best pleased
in a lather
up in arms
hot under the collar
bent out of shape
in a bate
on the warpath
teed off
ticked off
fit to be tied
hopping mad
in a bad mood
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
scoffing
mocking
sardonic
scornful
cynical
sneering
satirical
derisive
caustic
contemptuous
jeering
disparaging
taunting
sharp
ironical
biting
cutting
mordant
acerbic
satiric
disrespectful
trenchant
offensive
mean
contumelious
scorching
corrosive
arrogant
bitter
salty
carping
acid
acerb
irascible
backhanded
acrimonious
brusque
needling
saucy
scurrilous
chaffing
twitting
austere
ornery
disillusioned
cussed
evil
severe
weisenheiming
hostile
snarling
smart-alecky
sarcastic
snarky
scathing
barbed
scalding
acidulous
acrid
tart
smart-mouthed
pungent
acidic
smart-aleck
stinging
vitriolic
ironic
sarky
snide
ridiculing
mordacious
nasty
venomous
harsh
critical
incisive
virulent
keen
astringent
hurtful
spiteful
piercing
vicious
cruel
malicious
searing
catty
devastating
dry
pointed
penetrating
unkind
wounding
withering
razor-edged
waspish
wry
poisonous
savage
abrasive
disdainful
rude
fierce
acute
polemic
hateful
belittling
blistering
tongue-in-cheek
unfriendly
rapier-like
derisory
irreverent
poignant
rancorous
derogatory
curt
insulting
abusive
witty
telling
vindictive
stringent
double-edged
brutal
laconic
denigratory
droll
ill-natured
churlish
callous
slashing
violent
ferocious
skeptical
US
cynic
sceptical
UK
blunt
short
hard
pithy
stern
forceful
snappy
grim
burning
malignant
sour
unpleasant
unsparing
squint-eyed
malign
sly
extremely critical
subtle
twisted
unblunted
vituperative
uncomplimentary
heartless
detracting
disapproving
wise
polemical
rough
jibing
humorous
abrupt
misanthropical
deprecating
burlesque
contemptible
edged
ungracious
insinuating
pernicious
maleficent
obnoxious
truculent
uncivil
emphatic
impertinent
gruff
lampooning
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
dismissive
malefic
crisp
pitiless
passive-aggressive
splenetic
surly
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
evil-intentioned
peppery
inconsiderate
snippy
crusty
malevolent
ruthless
sharp-tongued
crushing
terse
drilling
clear-cut
condescending
corroding
deprecatory
shrewish
aggressive
wicked
misanthropic
pessimistic
merciless
lambent
unsympathetic
controversial
venomed
strict
exacting
piquant
snappish
testy
acetose
contentious
insensitive
rigid
rigorous
vengeful
bilious
baleful
unrelenting
antagonistic
contorted
rubbing the wrong way
obloquious
foul
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
sadistic
degrading
berating
reproachful
reviling
insolent
pejorative
defamatory
unmannerly
strong
vigorous
distorted
crooked
warped
uneven
deformed
wanton
quizzical
parodying
paradoxical
spoof
bantering
spoofing
farcical
argumentative
disputatious
acetic
tonic
coruscating
cold-blooded
vituperatory
calumniating
vulgar
impolite
discourteous
vitriolous
demeaning
hypercritical
censuring
condemning
cursing
awry
aslant
askew
skewwhiff
pawky
driving
forthright
clear
backbiting
spicy
clever
defiant
envenomed
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
powerful
effective
explicit
distinct
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
cold
quick-witted
edgy
potent
unequivocal
crabbed
slighting
deadpan
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
sneaky
humiliating
dripping with malice
offhand
waggish
supercilious
superior
mortifying
blasting
apathetic
cheeky
razor-sharp
two-edged
with tongue in cheek
flip
teasing
fresh
snubbing
blighting
sassy
nervy
pillorying
straight-faced
cocky
snidey
gally
smart
full of contempt
disagreeable
poker-faced
matter-of-fact
low-key
quietly humorous
out-of-line
bluff
for the birds
snippety
unceremonious
uncharitable
vile
despicable
downright
bad
execrable
wretched
annoying
cantankerous
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dirty
despiteful
dishonorable
US
base
detestable
low
paltry
brusk
unfair
unsportsmanlike
mean-spirited
evil-minded
ill-humoured
UK
dishonourable
UK
ill-humored
US
low-minded
low-down
vinegary
short-spoken
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious
specious
deceptive
fallacious
misleading
casuistic
false
sophistic
unsound
beguiling
deceitful
deceiving
deluding
delusive
delusory
plausible
sophistical
apparent
baseless
bogus
colorable
credible
empty
erroneous
flattering
hollow
idle
illogical
inaccurate
incorrect
insincere
likely
meretricious
nugatory
ostensible
ostentatious
phoney
UK
phony
US
presumable
presumptive
pretentious
probable
seeming
sham
sophisticated
spurious
unfounded
untrue
vain
wrong
seemingly correct
apparently right
plausible but wrong
invalid
fake
fabricated
mistaken
inexact
distorted
fraudulent
flawed
counterfeit
unreal
untruthful
fictitious
misguided
factitious
illusory
artificial
pseudo
unsubstantiated
mock
off
imprecise
unreliable
imaginary
faulty
trumped up
trumped-up
groundless
without foundation
unproven
pretend
counterfactual
concocted
invented
in error
imitation
ersatz
iffy
unsupported
manufactured
fishy
wide of the mark
out
ungrounded
simulated
dodgy
apocryphal
made up
synthetic
faked
plastic
fanciful
illusive
dishonest
questionable
feigned
off beam
misrepresentative
full of holes
defective
flimsy
forged
superficial
chimerical
unreasonable
fantastic
way off
visionary
not genuine
foundationless
glib
off target
fictional
uncorroborated
unconvincing
truthless
weak
tenuous
pretended
faux
mythical
fabulous
misinformed
reasonless
dummy
untrustworthy
improper
dicey
substitute
falsified
unnatural
ill-founded
without basis
economical with the truth
off-target
imagined
implausible
off base
not exact
not accurate
ambiguous
way out
put-on
off-base
dubious
fallible
doubtful
ideal
unwarranted
unjustified
suspect
imperfect
affected
illusionary
disingenuous
mad
discrepant
unreasoned
notional
chancy
shaky
rocky
disreputable
risky
contrived
unconfirmed
unverified
speculative
lying
conjectural
undependable
uncertain
assumed
colored
US
coloured
UK
imitative
untested
nonvalid
mimic
faithless
reproduction
supposititious
cooked-up
flakey
US
unstable
flaky
UK
unattested
mythological
abroad
gratuitous
unauthentic
make-believe
way off beam
replica
inauthentic
askew
wide
quasi
open to doubt
man-made
off-beam
made-up
falsie
all wet
open to question
way off-beam
not backed up by evidence
irrational
misconceived
fakey
impostrous
insubstantial
quixotic
unfitting
forced
unjustifiable
strained
unfactual
nonfactual
unassured
unsure
mechanical
cunning
devious
cheating
pretending
framed
bum
off the mark
contrary to fact
bent
untenable
manmade
cod
not trustworthy
engineered
counterfeited
pinchbeck
adulterine
tricky
without substantiation
without merit
mythic
shallow
fantastical
awry
pat
chimeric
amiss
imaginal
confusing
fantasied
phantasmal
evasive
erratic
phantom
hypocritical
copy
pirated
erring
casuistical
cynical
phantasmic
unstraightforward
hallucinatory
fluffed
equivocal
duplicate
whimsical
perplexing
bewildering
mistakable
demagogic
catchy
distracting
confounding
puzzling
fancied
not precise
out of line
astray
on the wrong track
not working
out of commission
at fault
misfigured
goofed
misconstrued
mishandled
miscalculated
fictive
dissimulating
dissembling
copycat
snide
queer
copied
bottomless
virtual
treacherous
adrift
suppositious
unoriginal
ungenuine
crooked
dud
devised
garbled
quasi-
insignificant
unfaithful
careless
wild
prepared
wrong number
all off
not real
not legit
not kosher
self-styled
uncalled-for
bootleg
bootlegged
pirate
double-dealing
hollow-hearted
devoid of validity
two-faced
delusional
slick
semblant
Barmecidal
Barmecide
non-existent
blue sky
pipe dream
way-out
not true
way-off
not right
facsimile
doesn't wash
so-called
non-natural
hyped up
dreamlike
phantasmagoric
figmental
unsubstantial
blue-sky
nonexistent
dreamed-up
phantasmagorical
two-timing
perfidious
duplicitous
imaginative
mendacious
spectral
shifty
guileful
immaterial
double-crossing
surreal
Hollywood
plant
brummagem
crock
intangible
ethereal
impalpable
nightmarish
psychedelic
romantic
hypothetical
abstract
won't fly
soft shell
legendary
underhand
forsworn
imagal
dreamy
improvised
invisible
dishonourable
UK
shadowy
sneaky
unscrupulous
adopted
apparitional
corrupt
shady
fool's paradise
fibbing
underhanded
dishonorable
US
perjured
Janus-faced
mocking
phantasm
chimeral
absurd
hoax
unrealistic
utopian
Kafkaesque
bizarre
phantasmagorial
phantasmagorian
trick
estimated
academic
all in the mind
conceived
not the case
thought up
dreamt up
equivocating
slippery
theoretical
incorporeal
bodiless
spiritual
prevaricating
misrepresenting
misstating
committing perjury
perjurious
inventing
falsifying
formless
fantasy
nonmaterial
unbodied
storybook
metaphysical
supposed
nonphysical
furtive
not dependable
not to be depended on
fly-by-night
not to be trusted
fair-weather
discarnate
airy
all in one's head
figment of imagination
aerial
product of someone's imagination
indefinable
vague
disloyal
untouchable
indescribable
obscure
indistinct
unclear
ghostlike
imponderable
unbelievable
ephemeral
inexistent
traitorous
nebulous
incredible
imperceptible to the touch
inconstant
out of this world
defrauding
recreant
fickle
treasonable
base
adulterous
scoundrelly
falsehearted
venal
malicious
villainous
foul
mythomaniac
malevolent
rascally
apostate
renegade
wicked
mean
double-faced
back-stabbing
false-hearted
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Adjective
▲
Insincere or hypocritical in nature
pharisaical
insincere
canting
artificial
false
hypocritical
phoney
UK
phony
US
deceptive
unctuous
double
duplicitous
hollow
dissembling
specious
fraudulent
spurious
lying
Pecksniffian
faithless
snide
affected
feigning
glib
jivey
oily
unnatural
unreliable
deluding
pharisaic
smooth
fishy
assuming
bland
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
two-faced
double-dealing
left-handed
smooth-spoken
smooth-tongued
feigned
pretended
counterfeit
fake
backhanded
mealy
mealymouthed
jive
deceitful
lip
pretend
double-faced
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
Janus-faced
dishonest
untruthful
untrustworthy
hypocritic
Tartuffian
Pharisaic
Pharisaical
cynical
unsound
flimsy
dissimulating
untrue
sham
treacherous
unconvincing
hollow-hearted
devoid of validity
invalid
insignificant
weak
Adjective
▲
Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature
sly
cunning
devious
scheming
wily
artful
crafty
tricky
clever
guileful
subtle
conniving
designing
foxy
shifty
deceitful
dishonest
Machiavellian
secret
underhand
astute
calculating
covert
disingenuous
duplicitous
insidious
sneaky
beguiling
cagy
cute
dodgy
fly
furtive
manipulative
shonky
shrewd
slick
untrustworthy
carny
slim
stealthy
bluffing
crooked
deceptive
delusive
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
dissembling
double-dealing
elusive
evasive
illusory
ingenious
intriguing
mean
plotting
traitorous
treacherous
unscrupulous
shady
slippery
sharp
roguish
cagey
secretive
smooth
sneaking
canny
smart
impish
mischievous
arch
underhanded
fraudulent
unprincipled
unethical
two-faced
cheating
bent
corrupt
Janus-faced
false
disreputable
immoral
snide
dubious
perfidious
intelligent
unfair
dirty
rogue
insincere
lying
skilful
UK
skillful
US
sharp-witted
unconscionable
streetwise
vulpine
resourceful
indirect
contriving
deceiving
savvy
mendacious
pawky
ignoble
hypocritical
fast
politic
surreptitious
deep
fishy
base
untruthful
adroit
amoral
knowing
questionable
dexterous
US
corrupted
scandalous
knavish
dextrous
UK
slimy
dastardly
wicked
conscienceless
suspicious
double-faced
evil
clandestine
sinful
villainous
degenerate
misleading
larcenous
bad
illegal
sticky-fingered
shameless
light-fingered
seedy
pilfering
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
nefarious
sinister
improper
kleptomaniacal
exploitative
unlawful
creepy
unconscientious
venal
keen
thieving
suspect
inventive
imaginative
conspiratorial
greasy
reprobate
rapacious
sordid
predatory
criminal
oblique
faithless
reptilian
truthless
snidey
feigned
snaky
counterfeit
masterly
cutthroat
rascally
deft
backhanded
serpentine
adept
street-smart
street smart
mercenary
iffy
dissolute
thievish
vile
low-down
hollow-hearted
false-hearted
sketchy
murky
dark
despicable
wanton
spoliative
plunderous
piratic
virulent
contemptible
licentious
smarmy
malicious
cautious
careful
stealing
discreet
considerate
conspiring
discerning
proficient
defrauding
fiendish
tactful
unreliable
unsporting
Punic
low
astucious
dangerous
phoney
UK
acute
fake
artificial
unsportsmanlike
perceptive
pretended
phony
US
collusive
inglorious
two-timing
cynical
unctuous
profligate
mealy
self-seeking
mealymouthed
double
rotten
nasty
jive
dicey
depraved
unfaithful
quick
iniquitous
heinous
nimble-fingered
wrong
errant
Pecksniffian
under the table
opportunistic
disloyal
perverted
fly-by-night
lip
debauched
crazy like a fox
below the belt
lawless
quick-witted
unrighteous
cloak-and-dagger
not candid
not frank
back-alley
ungodly
illicit
shameful
hateful
abject
inequitable
sleazy
dirty-dealing
scoundrelly
debased
felonious
as sharp as a tack
capable
malevolent
delinquent
decadent
pernicious
defiled
phoney-baloney
inexorable
spiteful
objectionable
vindictive
phony-baloney
scrofulous
left-handed
morally wrong
bribable
corruptible
shadowy
purchasable
alert
experienced
delusory
shrewdness
observant
colluding
heedful
trick
wry
witted
swindling
hoodwinking
wise
stinky
opportunist
caballing
spurious
tricksy
perilous
ensnaring
wormlike
tortuous
mean-spirited
discriminating
mysterious
bootleg
tactical
abandoned
like a snake in the grass
crazy like fox
expedient
irresponsible
bum
controlling
unveracious
premeditating
circumspect
wary
safe
unhonest
uncandid
heady
unfrank
sagacious
undependable
deviant
irregular
under the counter
media-savvy
venomous
salty
ornery
hostile
not entirely truthful
terminologically inexact
backstabbing
gingerly
chary
guarded
economical with the truth
unprofessional
lurking
slinking
vipery
heads-up
prudent
thoughtful
praetorian
kleptic
theftuous
furacious
fallacious
double dealing
back-stabbing
double-crossing
sensitive
neat
whip-smart
not to be trusted
judicious
of dubious character
potentially illegal
sideways
polite
mala fide
rancorous
vitiated
forbidding
libertine
demonic
evil-minded
infamous
vengeful
contemptuous
incorrigible
maleficent
delicate
courteous
sly like a fox
gracious
understanding
cheap
ignominious
pinching
shoplifting
pocket-picking
beggarly
cowardly
squalid
ungentlemanly
strategic
foul
unpleasant
scurvy
shabby
detestable
paltry
worthless
suave
filching
execrable
illegitimate
wretched
grubby
unsportsmanly
sorry
deplorable
scummy
lame
currish
scungy
lousy
barbarous
innovative
conciliatory
brainy
creative
disgraceful
diabolic
diplomatic
off-colour
UK
ratty
scabby
original
treating with kid gloves
backstairs
innovational
low-minded
innovatory
wrongful
hollow
inspired
pretend
hidden
pioneering
lawbreaking
unworthy
off-color
US
ill-gotten
originative
untrue
shrouded
veiled
trailblazing
obliquitous
gimmicky
artistic
out of order
Promethean
recreant
not cricket
against the rules
degrading
pretentious
undignified
gifted
hugger-mugger
ruthless
overdone
hole-and-corner
enterprising
sophisticated
petty
exaggerated
degraded
wrongdoing
inhuman
dissimulating
deviceful
ruffianly
casuistic
selfish
arrant
playing politics
put on
playing games
talented
faking one out
not straightforward
elaborate
pseud
ambidextrous
brilliant
insightful
genius
nifty
put-on
able
lacking sincerity
bright
with tongue in cheek
intuitive
effective
ready
on the ball
thinking outside the box
razor-sharp
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