censoriousness

  • 71censorious — adjective formal always looking for mistakes and faults in other people and wanting to criticize them: She didn t used to be so censorious of others behaviour. censoriously adverb censoriousness noun (U) …

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  • 72animadversion — animadversion, stricture, aspersion, reflection denote a remark or statement that is an adverse criticism. Animadversion (compare animadvert at REMARK) implies as its motive deep seated prejudice or ill will or a tendency to carp or cavil {given… …

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  • 73criticism — n 1. evaluation, judgment, assessment, appraisal, appreciation, estimation, analysis. 2. censure, reproof, reproach, animadversion, stricture, disapproval, condemnation, derogation, denunciation, disparagement; exception, objection, disagreement …

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  • 74priggishness — n 1. prudery, prudishness, puritan icalness, overmodesty, old maidishness, Grundyism; hideboundness, strait lacedness, buckram, stiffness, stiff neckedness, strictness, severity, formality; snobbery, snobbishness, stiltedness, Sl. snootiness, Sl …

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  • 75censorious — /sɛnˈsɔriəs / (say sen sawreeuhs) adjective severely critical; fault finding; carping. {Latin cēnsōrius of a censor} –censoriously, adverb –censoriousness, noun …

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  • 77censorious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ severely critical. DERIVATIVES censoriously adverb censoriousness noun …

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  • 78censoriously — censorious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ severely critical. DERIVATIVES censoriously adverb censoriousness noun …

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  • 79censorious — [sen sôr′ē əs] adj. [L censorius < censere: see CENSOR] expressing censure; inclined to find fault; harshly critical censoriously adv. censoriousness n …

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  • 80critical — [krit′i kəl] adj. 1. tending to find fault; censorious 2. characterized by careful analysis and judgment [a sound critical estimate of the problem] 3. of critics or criticism 4. of or forming a crisis or turning point; decisive 5. dangerous or… …

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