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Thesaurus: censorious

Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

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  1. a. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
  2. a. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.
  3. adj. harshly critical or expressing censure
  4. 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors. Watts. 2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks. Syn. -- Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe; condemnatory; hypercritical. -- Cen*so"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Cen*so"ri*ous*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s. harshly critical or expressing censure