captious+criticism
41George Hermes — George Hermes † Catholic Encyclopedia ► George Hermes Philosopher and theologian, b. at Dreierwalde near Theine (Westphalia), 22 April, 1775; d. at Bonn on the Rhine, 26 May 1831. After completing his course in the gymnasium, or high… …
42critical — adjective /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/ a) Inclined to find fault or criticize; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting. A good teacher is fair but critical. b) Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or …
43fault-finding — Synonyms and related words: captious, captiousness, carping, cavilling, censorious, censure, contentious, critical, criticism, fussiness, fussy, hair splitting, hypercritical, hypercriticism, niggling, nit picking, pettifogging, picky, querulous …
44Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …
45fault-finding — ♦ n criticism, grumbling, complaining, complaint, carping, quibbling, cavilling, nagging, niggling, hypercriticism FORMAL ultracrepidation COLLOQ. finger pointing, hair splitting, nit picking ≠ praise ♦ adj critical, grumbling, nagging, captious …
46Zoilism — /zōˈi li zm/ noun Carping and unjust criticism Zoilˈean adjective Characteristic of Zoilus, a Greek grammarian who flourished in the time of Philip of Macedon, and criticized Homer with such asperity that his name became proverbial for a captious …
