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censorious adjective [ sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs ]

• severely critical of others.
• "censorious champions of morality"
Similar: hypercritical, overcritical, severely critical, disapproving, condemnatory, condemning, castigatory, denunciatory, deprecatory, disparaging, unforgiving, reproachful, reproving, censuring, captious, fault-finding, carping, cavilling, full of reproof, vituperative, pass-remarkable,
Opposite: complimentary, approving,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin censorius (from censor ‘magistrate’) + -ious.


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