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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.

[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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Adj.

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.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

censorious

adjective

Inclined to judge too severely:

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

Translations

قاسٍ في نَقْدِهِ

kritickýodsuzující

fordømmendekritisk

kritisch

bírál ó

gagnrÿninn, dómharîur

critico

dømmesyk fordømmende

eleştirici/tenkitçi

爱挑剔的

censorious

[senˈsɔːrɪəs] ADJ (frm) → hipercrítico

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

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

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/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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.

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.

verb

This 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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I suppose she hath only taken this method to provide for her child; and truly I am glad she hath not done worse." "I don't know what is worse," cries Deborah, "than for such wicked strumpets to lay their sins at honest men's doors; and though your worship knows your own innocence, yet the world is censorious; and it hath been many an honest man's hap to pass for the father of children he never begot; and if your worship should provide for the child, it may make the people the apter to believe; besides, why should your worship provide for what the parish is obliged to maintain?

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The poor gentleman has no way of showing that he is a gentleman but by virtue, by being affable, well-bred, courteous, gentle-mannered, and kindly, not haughty, arrogant, or censorious, but above all by being charitable; for by two maravedis given with a cheerful heart to the poor, he will show himself as generous as he who distributes alms with bell-ringing, and no one that perceives him to be endowed with the virtues I have named, even though he know him not, will fail to recognise and set him down as one of good blood; and it would be strange were it not so; praise has ever been the reward of virtue, and those who are virtuous cannot fail to receive commendation.

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"And a little censorious, I am afraid," Granet added with a slight grimace.

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It is certain, however, that although the difference to the outward eye was very small, it nevertheless existed, and she was less censorious in her treatment of Rebecca, less harsh in her judgments, more hopeful of final salvation for her.

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I've no desire to seem censorious, you know, Jacks," the young man went on, leaning back in his chair and lighting a cigarette, "but it does seem a dashed queer thing that you can't put your finger upon either of these fellows."

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The only thing that could be urged against him by the most censorious was a too close attention to business.

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He had one other constant attendant, in the person of a beautiful Jewish girl; who attached herself to him from feelings half religious, half romantic, but whose virtuous and disinterested character appears to have been beyond the censure even of the most censorious.

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With that apology I withdrew to a seat between Peepy (who, being well used to it, had already climbed into a corner place) and an old lady of a censorious countenance whose two nieces were in the class and who was very indignant with Peepy's boots.

"And he never does anything else," said the old lady of the censorious countenance.

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"You are my friend, sir," the other went on, gravely censorious. "I am your friend, sir.

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"The world's very censorious, old boy," the other replied.

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A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.