Today’s Words That Work: Captious
Someone who’s captious (KAP-shus) — from the Latin — is difficult to please, apt to make a big deal out of trivial faults or raise petty objections.
Example (as used by MaryEllen Tribby today): “No one likes to be around captious people. Aside from the fact that they take the fun out of things, their negativity can be draining and counterproductive.”
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