censorious
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cen·so·ri·ous
(sĕn-sôr′ē-əs)adj.
1. Tending to censure; critical.
2. Expressing censure.
[Latin cēnsōrius, of a censor, from cēnsor, Roman censor; see censor.]
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.
cen•so′ri•ous•ly, adv.
cen•so′ri•ous•ness, n.
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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
adjectiveInclined to judge too severely:
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Translations
قاسٍ في نَقْدِهِ
kritickýodsuzující
fordømmendekritisk
bírál ó
gagnrÿninn, dómharîur
eleştirici/tenkitçi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
censorious
[ˌsɛnˈsɔːrɪəs] adj → critico/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
censor
(ˈsensə) noun1. 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.
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.
verbThis film has been censored; The soldiers' letters are censored.
cenˈsorious (-ˈsoː-) adjective very critical. She is censorious about the behaviour of young people.
ˈcensorship noun the policy of censoring. Some people disapprove of censorship.
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