The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CRITICAL , 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | 25 % | 8 |
| ORNERY | 25 % | 6 |
| PICKY | 25 % | 5 |
| SOUR | 25 % | 4 |
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
CRITICAL noun- A critical value, factor, etc.
- In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.
- Inclined to find fault or criticize
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
- Extremely important.
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
- Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
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 CRITICAL
- Perilous
- Kind of analysis
- Make-or-break
- Decisive
- Faultfinding
- Key
- Censorious.
- Discriminating.
- Decisive.
- Captious.
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)