hypercritical

adjective
UK: /ˌhaɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl/
US: /ˌhaɪpərˈkrɪtɪkəl/

  1. Excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small details.

    1. My teacher is so hypercritical, it's hard to please her.
    2. The editor was hypercritical of every sentence in my report.

Synonyms

captious censorious

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

Synonyms for "hypercritical": captious, censorious.

Example usage of "hypercritical": "My teacher is so hypercritical, it's hard to please her.". More examples on the page.