- censorious
- censorious 1530s, from L. censorius "pertaining to a censor," from censor (see CENSOR (Cf. censor)). Roman censor also had a transferred sense of "a severe judge; a rigid moralist; a censurer."
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Censorious — Cen*so ri*ous, a. [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See {Censor}.] 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. [1913 Webster] A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
censorious — index blameful, calumnious, critical (faultfinding), cynical, derogatory, dictatorial, pejorative … Law dictionary
censorious — faultfinding, *critical, hypercritical, captious, carping, caviling Analogous words: reproaching or reproachful, chiding (see corresponding verbs at REPROVE): condemning or condemna tory, denouncing or denunciatory, reprehending (see… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
censorious — [adj] very critical accusatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, chiding, complaining, condemnatory, condemning, critical, culpatory, denouncing, disapproving, disparaging, fault finding, hypercritical, overcritical, reprehending,… … New thesaurus
censorious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ severely critical. DERIVATIVES censoriously adverb censoriousness noun … English terms dictionary
censorious — [sen sôr′ē əs] adj. [L censorius < censere: see CENSOR] expressing censure; inclined to find fault; harshly critical censoriously adv. censoriousness n … English World dictionary
censorious — adjective Etymology: Latin censorius of a censor, from censor Date: 1536 marked by or given to censure < censorious comments > < a censorious critic > Synonyms: see critical • censoriously adverb • censoriousness … New Collegiate Dictionary
censorious — [[t]sensɔ͟ːriəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else s behaviour. [FORMAL] Despite strong principles he was never censorious. Syn:… … English dictionary
censorious — cen|so|ri|ous [senˈso:riəs] adj formal criticizing and expressing disapproval ▪ His tone was censorious. >censoriously adv >censoriousness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
censorious — adjective formal always looking for mistakes and faults in other people and wanting to criticize them: She didn t used to be so censorious of others behaviour. censoriously adverb censoriousness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
