Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,920,419,508 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

censorious
(redirected from censoriously)

   Also found in: Legal 0.01 sec.
cen·so·ri·ous  (sn-sôr-s, -sr-)
adj.
1. Tending to censure; highly critical.
2. Expressing censure.

[Latin cnsrius, of a censor, from cnsor, Roman censor; see censor.]

cen·sori·ous·ly adv.
cen·sori·ous·ness n.

censorious [sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs]
adj
harshly critical; fault-finding
censoriously  adv
censoriousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.censorious - harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious of petty failings"
critical - marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

censorious
adjective critical, severe, carping, disapproving, scathing, disparaging, judgmental, cavilling, condemnatory, fault-finding, captious He is too judgmental and censorious for my liking.
Translations
censorious [senˈsɔːrɪəs] ADJ (frm) → hipercrítico
censorious [sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs] adj (formal) (= critical) → sévère
censorious
adj remark, glancestrafend; he was very censorious of the new policyer kritisierte die neue Politik scharf
censorious [ˌsɛnˈsɔːrɪəs] adjcritico/a


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Dictionary browser?   Full browser?
 
s clinked their glasses to celebrate the putting to death of a group of Hungarian Generals in 1848 and as such was viewed censoriously by the locals.
He censoriously describes the shark as "the asshole of the seas".
But eventually Maggie is followed by Tom to her sordid place of employment, and he demands that she quit her job immediately because, he screams censoriously, he won’t tolerate his mother working as a “whore.
 
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.