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captious meaning in Urdu

نقطہ چین

/ˈkæpʃəs/

captious in Urdu: نقطہ چین. In English, captious means that captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.

Urdu words for captious

نقطہ چین

English meaning of captious

  1. adjective That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
  2. adjective Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.

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Questions about captious in Urdu

What is the meaning of captious in Urdu?
Captious in Urdu is نقطہ چین.
captious کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Captious: نقطہ چین.
What does captious mean in English?
Captious means that captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.

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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: captious (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: captious (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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