censorious

[ sen-sawr-ee-uh s, -sohr- ]
/ sɛnˈsɔr i əs, -ˈsoʊr- /
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adjective

severely critical; faultfinding; carping.

Origin of censorious

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

OTHER WORDS FROM censorious

Words nearby censorious

cenote, cenozoic, cense, censer, censor, censorious, censorship, censurable, censure, census, census taker

Words related to censorious

captious, carping, complaining, critical, disparaging, fault-finding, hypercritical, severe, accusatory, overcritical, chiding, condemnatory

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British Dictionary definitions for censorious

censorious
/ (sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs) /

adjective

harshly critical; fault-finding

Derived forms of censorious

censoriously, adverb censoriousness, noun