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censorious

(sensɔːriəs)

adjective

If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.

[formal, disapproval]

Despite strong principles he was never censorious.

Synonyms: critical, severe, carping, disapproving More Synonyms of censorious

censorious in British English

(sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs)

adjective

harshly critical; fault-finding

Derived forms

censoriously (cenˈsoriously)

adverb

censoriousness (cenˈsoriousness)

noun

censorious in American English

(sɛnˈsɔriəs)

adjective

expressing censure; inclined to find fault; harshly critical

Derived forms

censoriously (cenˈsoriously)

adverb

censoriousness (cenˈsoriousness)

noun

Word origin

L censorius < censere: see censor

Examples of 'censorious' in a sentence
censorious

But (one could imagine the censorious New Politics leader) did they ever give a thought to anything else?Taggart, however, did not seem even mildly censorious, only interested.Augusta wrinkled her nose at him, at his censorious tone, and let him draw her to join them.

(adjective) in the sense of critical

Definition

harshly critical

He is too judgmental and censorious for my liking.

Synonyms

critical

He has apologized for critical remarks he made about the referee.

severe

a business with severe cash flow problems

carping

They deserve recognition, not carping criticism.

disapproving

She gave him a disapproving look.

scathing

He then launched a scathing attack on previous leaders.

disparaging

He was alleged to have made disparaging remarks.

judgmental

We tried not to seem critical or judgmental.

cavilling

condemnatory

He was justified in some of his condemnatory outbursts.

fault-finding

hypercritical

I tend to be hypercritical of my own performance.

captious

Additional synonyms

in the sense of captious

Definition

tending to make trivial criticisms

Synonyms

fault-finding,

critical,

carping,

nagging,

disparaging,

deprecating,

nit-picking (informal),

censorious,

cavilling,

hypercritical

in the sense of carping

They deserve recognition, not carping criticism.

Synonyms

fault-finding,

critical,

nagging,

picky (informal),

nit-picking (informal),

hard to please,

cavilling,

hypercritical,

captious,

nit-picky (informal)

in the sense of condemnatory

He was justified in some of his condemnatory outbursts.

Synonyms

critical,

accusing,

disapproving,

scathing,

censorious,

accusatory,

proscriptive,

denunciatory,

damnatory,

reprobative

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释义	Trends of censorious View usage for: censorious (sensɔːriəs) adjective If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour. [formal, disapproval] Despite strong principles he was never censorious. Synonyms: critical, severe, carping, disapproving More Synonyms of censorious censorious in British English (sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs) adjective harshly critical; fault-finding Derived forms censoriously (cenˈsoriously) adverb censoriousness (cenˈsoriousness) noun censorious in American English (sɛnˈsɔriəs) adjective expressing censure; inclined to find fault; harshly critical Derived forms censoriously (cenˈsoriously) adverb censoriousness (cenˈsoriousness) noun Word origin L censorius < censere: see censor Examples of 'censorious' in a sentence censorious But (one could imagine the censorious New Politics leader) did they ever give a thought to anything else? Brandon, Ruth LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE (2003) Taggart, however, did not seem even mildly censorious, only interested. Brandon, Ruth LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE (2003) Augusta wrinkled her nose at him, at his censorious tone, and let him draw her to join them. Stephanie Laurens THE PROMISE IN A KISS (2003) (adjective) in the sense of critical Definition harshly critical He is too judgmental and censorious for my liking. Synonyms critical He has apologized for critical remarks he made about the referee. severe a business with severe cash flow problems carping They deserve recognition, not carping criticism. disapproving She gave him a disapproving look. scathing He then launched a scathing attack on previous leaders. disparaging He was alleged to have made disparaging remarks. judgmental We tried not to seem critical or judgmental. cavilling condemnatory He was justified in some of his condemnatory outbursts. fault-finding hypercritical I tend to be hypercritical of my own performance. captious Additional synonyms in the sense of captious Definition tending to make trivial criticisms Synonyms fault-finding, critical, carping, nagging, disparaging, deprecating, nit-picking (informal), censorious, cavilling, hypercritical in the sense of carping They deserve recognition, not carping criticism. Synonyms fault-finding, critical, nagging, picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), hard to please, cavilling, hypercritical, captious, nit-picky (informal) in the sense of condemnatory He was justified in some of his condemnatory outbursts. Synonyms critical, accusing, disapproving, scathing, censorious, accusatory, proscriptive, denunciatory, damnatory, reprobative Nearby words of censorious cement cemetery censor censorious censorship censurable censure Synonyms of 'censorious' censorious Explore 'censorious' in the dictionary
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