censorious

[US]/senˈsɔːriəs/
[UK]/senˈsɔːriəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. overly critical, inclined to find fault

Example Sentences

he was not censorious of other people.

censorious of petty failings;

be censorious of petty failings

a censorious or denunciatory nature

A long angry or violent speech,usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature;a diatribe.

She received censorious looks from her colleagues after making a mistake.

His censorious attitude towards his students made them feel uncomfortable.

The critic's review was overly censorious and lacked constructive feedback.

The censorious tone of the article turned off many readers.

She avoided sharing her ideas with the censorious group of colleagues.

His censorious nature often led to conflicts in the workplace.

The teacher's censorious remarks discouraged the students from participating in class discussions.

The censorious tone of the meeting made it difficult for anyone to voice their opinions.

She found his censorious behavior towards her cooking to be irritating.

The author faced censorious backlash for his controversial statements in the book.

Real-world Examples

We grow censorious and deeply disapproving of certain kinds of behavior and people.

Source: Popular Science Essays

So, why would females be more censorious observers of people's performances than males?

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2023 Collection

And what fun to eat all you wanted without having censorious people say you weren't ladylike.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Our high romantic expectations have made us notably impatient around, and censorious about, those who can’t attain them.

Source: Sociology of Social Relations (Video Version)

It is better to be excited about your new chapter than to unleash vitriol on colleagues who were unkind or censorious over the years.

Source: The Economist - Business

Elliott, even in his most censorious mood, could not but have approved of her; I, a person less difficult to please, found her ravishing.

Source: Blade (Part 1)

The connection between learning and freedom is presupposed in many criticisms of students today as censorious or relativist, illiberal or radical, coddled snowflake or warrior for social justice.

Source: 2023-37

In 1905, Playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote an op-ed in the New York Times making fun of America's " Comstockery" —a term he used to refer to its censorious attitude toward art and literature.

Source: Science Quickly, from Scientific American

I, however, remained censorious, and subsequent glimpses of him, driving in a handsome cab and dining at the George in false whiskers, did not soften me, although Collins, who was reading Freud, had a number of technical terms to cover everything.

Source: Brideshead Revisited

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