censorious

[ sen-sawr-ee-uhs, -sohr- ]
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adjective
  1. severely critical; faultfinding; carping.

Origin of censorious

1
1530–40; <Latin cēnsōrius of a censor, hence, austere, moral; see censor, -tory1

Other words from censorious

  • cen·so·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • cen·so·ri·ous·ness, noun
  • an·ti·cen·so·ri·ous, adjective
  • an·ti·cen·so·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • an·ti·cen·so·ri·ous·ness, noun
  • non·cen·so·ri·ous, adjective
  • non·cen·so·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • non·cen·so·ri·ous·ness, noun
  • o·ver·cen·so·ri·ous, adjective
  • o·ver·cen·so·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·cen·so·ri·ous·ness, noun
  • un·cen·so·ri·ous, adjective
  • un·cen·so·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • un·cen·so·ri·ous·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for censorious

censorious

/ (sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs) /


adjective
  1. harshly critical; fault-finding

Derived forms of censorious

  • censoriously, adverb
  • censoriousness, noun

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