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censorious

  (sĕn-sôr'ē-əs, -sōr'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Tending to censure; highly critical.
  2. Expressing censure.

[Latin cēnsōrius, of a censor, from cēnsor, Roman censor. See censor.]

censoriously cen·so'ri·ous·ly adv.
censoriousness cen·so'ri·ous·ness n.
 
 
Thesaurus: censorious

adjective

    Inclined to judge too severely: captious, carping, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical. See praise/blame.

 
Antonyms: censorious

adj

Definition: very critical
Antonyms: complimentary, encouraging, flattering, laudatory, praising


 
WordNet: censorious
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: harshly critical or expressing censure


 
Translations: Translations for: Censorious

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fordømmende

Nederlands (Dutch)
overmatig kritisch

Français (French)
adj. - sévère, critique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kritisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - στηλιτευτικός, επικριτικός

Italiano (Italian)
ipercritico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - crítico, censurador

Русский (Russian)
придирчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - censurador, reprobador

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kritisk

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
受批判的, 挑剔的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 受批判的, 挑剔的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 검열관 같은, 비판적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 検閲官のような, 非難を表わす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شديد اللوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ביקורתי, מחפש פגמים‬


 
 

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