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censorious
Meaning: severely critical of other people's faults
censorious in a sentence
How censorious is used in real sentences:
The columnist's censorious tone left little room for sympathy or nuance.
The censorious neighbor complained whenever children played near his garden.
“Venn's review was censorious, dwelling relentlessly on the guests' vanity, laziness, and appetite for applause.”
— from the passage The Velvet Rebellion
“Although a censorious magistrate called every lapse proof of corruption, Ortez distinguished incompetence from treason.”
— from the passage The Cipher at Court
Synonyms for censorious
Other words for censorious — judgmental, condemnatory and faultfinding — carry the same meaning.
- judgmental
- condemnatory
- faultfinding
Antonyms of censorious
Words that mean the opposite of censorious:
- tolerant
- lenient
- approving
Where it comes from
From Latin censorius, meaning 'relating to a judge or censor.'
Memory hook
A CENSORIOUS CENSOR judges every fault harshly.
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