The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ORNERY , but the solution may also be SOUR which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in Newsday).
Captious crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ORNERY | 25 % | 6 |
| PICKY | 25 % | 5 |
| SOUR | 25 % | 4 |
| CRITICAL | 25 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Captious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- critical
- faultfinding
- pertinacious
- ungenerous
- dogmatical
- unamiable
- querulous
- unphilosophical
- uncharitable
- impertinent
- importunate
- sententious
Crossword Answer definitions
ORNERY adjective- Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.
- Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
- Commonplace, inferior.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ORNERY
- Mean and nasty
- Not exactly agreeable
- Combative
- Cantankerous
- Games magazine's "The World's Most ___ Crossword"
- Ill-natured
- Curmudgeonlike
- Challenging or cruel
- Mean or stubborn
- Not at all nice
More clues leading to the result PICKY
- Hard to please
- Not easily satisfied
- Fussy
- Not easy to please
- Fussy in the extreme
- Captious
- Finicky
- Eating only certain things
- Overly fussy
- *Hard to please (MS + KY)
More clues leading to the result SOUR
- Embitter
- Ill-humored
- Lemon-like
- Pucker-inducing
- Cranky
- Off-key
- Acerbic
- Whisky concoction
- Off, as milk
- Excessively acid