censorious

cen·so·ri·ous

 (sĕn-sôr′ē-əs)

adj.

1. Tending to censure; critical.

2. Expressing censure.

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[Latin cēnsōrius, of a censor, from cēnsor, Roman censor; see censor.]

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cen·so′ri·ous·ly adv.

cen·so′ri·ous·ness n.

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censorious

(sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs)

adj

harshly critical; fault-finding

cenˈsoriously adv

cenˈsoriousness n

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cen•so•ri•ous

(sɛnˈsɔr i əs, -ˈsoʊr-)

adj.

severely critical; faultfinding; carping.

[1530–40; < Latin cēnsōrius of a censor; see censor, -tory¹, -ous]

cen•so′ri•ous•ly, adv.

cen•so′ri•ous•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

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"

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censorious

adjective critical, severe, carping, disapproving, scathing, disparaging, judgmental, cavilling, condemnatory, fault-finding, captious He is too judgmental and censorious for my liking.

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censorious

adjective

Inclined to judge too severely:

captious, carping, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical.

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Translations

قاسٍ في نَقْدِهِ

kritickýodsuzující

fordømmendekritisk

kritisch

bírál ó

gagnrÿninn, dómharîur

critico

dømmesykfordømmende

eleştirici/tenkitçi

爱挑剔的

censorious

[senˈsɔːrɪəs] ADJ (frm) → hipercrítico

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censorious

[sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs] adj (formal) (= critical) → sévère

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

censorious

adj remark, glance → strafend; he was very censorious of the new policy → er kritisierte die neue Politik scharf

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censorious

[ˌsɛnˈsɔːrɪəs] adj → critico/a

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censor

(ˈsensə) noun

1. an official who examines films etc and has the power to remove any of the contents which might offend people. Part of his film has been banned by the censor. sensor رَقيبُ الأفْلام тел. цензор censor cenzor der Zensor censor λογοκριτήςcensor tsensor سانسور کننده tarkastaja censeur/-eure צנזורה अधिकारी जो फिल्म इत्यादि का निरीक्षण करता है और उसके पास उसका कोई अंश हटाने का अधिकार है cenzor cenzor sensor ritskoðandi censore 検閲官 (영화) 검열관 cenzorius cenzors menapis censorsensor cenzor سانسور كونكۍ (هغه ما مور چه چاپ شوې اّثار، فلمونه ډرامې تلګرامو نه، مكتوبونه ګورى او دضبطولو صلاحيت يې لرې censor cen­zor цензор cenzor, -ka cenzor cenzor censor, censur เจ้าหน้าที่ตรวจสอบภาพยนตร์ sansür memuru (電影等)審查官 цензор مخرب الاخلاق چیزیں ہٹنے کے لئے فلموں کا معائنہ کرنے والا اہل کار nhân viên kiểm duyệt （电影等）审查官

2. an official (eg in the army) who examines letters etc and removes information which the authorities do not wish to be made public for political reasons etc. sensor مُراقِب مطبوعات цвнзор на кореспонденция censor cenzor der Zensor censor λογοκριτήςcensor tsensor سانسورچی نامه ها sensori censeurצנזור सेना में पत्रों का निरीक्षण करने वाला अधिकारी cenzor cenzor sensor ritskoðandi censore 検閲官 검열관 cenzorius cenzors menapis censorsensor, inspektør cenzor سانسور کونکی censor cenzor цензор cenzor, -ka cenzor cenzor censor เจ้าหน้าที่ตรวจสอบเอกสาร sansür subayı (信件等)檢查員 цензор خطوط کا معائنہ کرنے والا شخص người kiểm duyệt （信件等）检查员

verb

This film has been censored; The soldiers' letters are censored. sensor يُراقِب цензурирам censurar cenzurovat zensieren censurere λογοκρίνωcensurar tsenseerima سانسور کردن sensuroida censurer לְצַנזֵר काट-छांट करना cenzurirati cenzúráz disensor ritskoða censurare 検閲する 검열하다 cenzūruoti cenzēt ditapis censurerensensurerecenzurować سانسور کول censurar a cenzura подвергать цензуре cenzurovať cenzurirati cenzurisati censurera ตัดออกด้วยอำนาจของผู้ตรวจสอบ sansür yapmak/etmek 審查 піддавати цензурі خطوط کا معائنہ کرنا kiểm duyệt 审查

cenˈsorious (-ˈsoː-) adjective

very critical. She is censorious about the behaviour of young people. sensoragtig قاسٍ في نَقْدِهِ придричив crítico kritický, odsuzující kritisch kritisk; fordømmende επικριτικόςhipercrítico ülikriitiline انتقاد آمیز؛ خرده گیر kriittinen hypercritique בִּקוֹרתִי आलोचक vrlo kritičan bírál(gat)ó suka mencela gagnrÿninn, dómharður ipercritico 非難をする 몹시 비판적인 labai kritiškas, griežtas kritisks mencela vitterigfordømmende, dømmesyksurowy كرمو ونكى، منقد، عيب لټوونكى crítico (foarte) sever; critic придирчивый (prehnane) kritický kritičen, strog kritički nastrojen kritisk, fördömande ที่พยายามมองหาข้อผิดพลาดอยู่เสมอ eleştirici/tenkitçi 愛挑剔的 суворий; схильний осуджувати نہایت تنقیدی phê bình 爱挑剔的

ˈcensorship noun

the policy of censoring. Some people disapprove of censorship. sensuur رَقابَه، مُراقَبَةُ المَطْبوعات цензура censura cenzura, cenzorství die Zensur censur λογοκρισίαcensura tsensuur سانسور؛ تفتیش sensuuri censureצנזורה सेन्सरशिप služba cenzora cenzúra sensor ritskoðun censura 検閲 검열제도 cenzūra cenzūra penapisan censuursensurcenzura سانسور،هیت censura cenzură цензура cenzúra cenzura cenzura censur การตรวจสอบสื่อต่างๆ เพื่อตัดส่วนที่ไม่เหมาะสมออก sansür 審查(制度) цензура محتسبانہ sự kiểm duyệt 审查（制度）

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