captious

Root :

As Adjective : tending to find and call attention to faults, marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections, calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument

Synonyms : critical, carping
Antonyms : (please suggest)

Related Words : faultfinding,

Usage : The edit on the government performance so far was more captious than expected.

Connotation : critical, negative