censorious

  • 21censorious — a. Captious, carping, hypercritical, severe, condemnatory, fault finding, hard to please, prone to find fault, apt to blame or censure …

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  • 22censorious — adj critical, faultfinding, captious, carping; complaining, animadversional, nagging, hair splitting, querulous, caviling; caustic, biting, vitriolic, cutting, trenchant, severe; disparaging, berating, derogatory, disapproving, disapprobatory,… …

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  • 23censorious — cen·so·ri·ous …

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  • 24censorious — UK [senˈsɔːrɪəs] / US [senˈsɔrɪəs] adjective formal always wanting to criticize other people or ideas and find faults in them …

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  • 25censorious — cen•so•ri•ous [[t]sɛnˈsɔr i əs, ˈsoʊr [/t]] adj. severely critical; faultfinding; carping • Etymology: 1530–40; < L cēnsōrius of a censor; see censor, tory I, ous cen•so′ri•ous•ly, adv. cen•so′ri•ous•ness, n …

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  • 26censorious — /sɛnˈsɔriəs / (say sen sawreeuhs) adjective severely critical; fault finding; carping. {Latin cēnsōrius of a censor} –censoriously, adverb –censoriousness, noun …

  • 27censorious — adj. severely critical; fault finding; quick or eager to criticize. Derivatives: censoriously adv. censoriousness n. Etymology: L censorius: see CENSOR …

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  • 28be censorious — index denounce (condemn) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29Censoriously — Censorious Cen*so ri*ous, a. [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See {Censor}.] 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. [1913 Webster] A dogmatical spirit inclines… …

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  • 30Censoriousness — Censorious Cen*so ri*ous, a. [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See {Censor}.] 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. [1913 Webster] A dogmatical spirit inclines… …

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