censorious

adjective
UK: /senˈsɔːriəs/
US: /senˈsɔːriəs/

  1. Highly critical and tending to find fault.

    1. She is a censorious woman, always finding something wrong.
    2. The play was slammed by several censorious critics for its controversial themes.

  2. Expressing strong disapproval; severely critical or faultfinding in nature.

    1. His censorious remarks made everyone uncomfortable during the meeting.
    2. The more censorious members of the community disapproved of their lifestyle.

Synonyms

hypercritical carping faultfinding judgmental captious severe critical

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The word "censorious" in English means: Highly critical and tending to find fault., Expressing strong disapproval; severely critical or faultfinding in nature..

The phonetic transcription of "censorious" is /senˈsɔːriəs/ in British English and /senˈsɔːriəs/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "censorious": hypercritical, carping, faultfinding, judgmental, captious, severe, critical.

Example usage of "censorious": "She is a censorious woman, always finding something wrong.". More examples on the page.