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41carp|ing — «KAHR pihng», adjective, noun. –adj. that carps; faultfinding; complaining: »that carping spirit in which she had been wont to judge of his actions (Anthony Trollope). SYNONYM(S): censorious, captious. –n. faultfinding; captious criticism:… …
42Censorious — 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 a man to be …
43Censoriously — 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… …
44Censoriousness — 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… …
45Hypercritic — Hy per*crit ic, n. [Pref. hyper + critic: cf. F. hypercritique.] One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor. Hypercritics in English poetry. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
46Hypercritical — Hy per*crit ic*al, a. 1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious. Hypercritical readers. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Excessively nice or exact. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …
47Zoilism — o i*lism, n. Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction. [1913 Webster] Bring candid eyes the perusal of men s works, and let not Zoilism or detraction blast well intended labors. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …
48hypercritic — noun Etymology: New Latin hypercriticus, from hyper + Latin criticus critic Date: 1633 a carping or unduly censorious critic • hypercriticism noun …
49Thersites — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Thersitēs Date: circa 1530 a Greek warrior at Troy known as a carping critic and slain by Achilles for mocking him …
50snipe — I. noun (plural snipes) Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snīpa snipe; akin to Old High German snepfa snipe Date: 14th century 1. or plural snipe any of various usually slender billed birds of the… …
