captious
/ˈkap-shəs/
adjective
marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument
captious critics
critical hypercritical faultfinding captious carping censorious mean inclined to look for and point out faults and defects. critical may also imply an effort to see a thing clearly and truly in order to judge it fairly. hypercritical suggests a tendency to judge by unreasonably strict standards.