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111cynical — I adjective acrimonious, apt to distrust, arrogant, caustic, cavalier, censorious, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, critical, decrying, defamatory, defeatist, denunciatory, derisive, derogative, derogatory, despising, disapproving,… …
112dissatisfaction — I noun annoyance, chagrin, complaint, dejection, disaffection, disagreement, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval, discomfort, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, discouragement, disesteem, disfavor, disgruntlement, disgust,… …
113imputation — I noun abuse, accusal, accusation, adverse criticism, allegation, animadversion, arrogation, ascription, aspersion, attaint, attribution, blame, brand, calumny, censure, challenge, charge, condemnation, criticism, defamation, denouncement,… …
114neurosis — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nervous or mental disorder, illness, sickness, or disease; psychoneurosis, melancholia, nervous breakdown; phobia, mania, obsession, compulsion, hypochondria; psychosis, insanity.See fear. II (Roget s …
115querulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. whining, complaining, fretful, petulant, peevish. See lamentation, discontent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fretful, irascible, peevish, complaining; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a …
116hairsplitting — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unimportant, minute, subtle; see trivial , irrelevant , unimportant . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nitpicking, pettiness, quibbling, caviling, fault finding …
117bitchy — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. Sl. complaining, fault finding, nagging, catty, back stabbing, malicious, vindictive, critical, crabby, negative, *whiny, fussy, picky, grouchy. ANT.: sweet, kind, warm II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Slang.… …
118divisive — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. [di VIY siv] causing disgreement or discord. The meeting was tense and divisive. SYN.: negative, fault finding, dissenting, sowing the seeds of dissension, at odds, alienating, disaffecting, discordant, hostile,… …
119judgemental — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. critical, disapproving, censorious, fault finding, appraising, holier than thou, self righteous, discriminating, discerning. ANT.: accepting, liberal minded …
120Momus — humorously disagreeable person, 1560s, from Latin, from Gk. Momos, nme of the god of ridicule and sarcasm (Gk. momos, lit. blame, ridicule, disgrace, of unknown origin); also used in English as personification of fault finding and captious… …
