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- Dictionarycensorious/sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs/
adjective
- 1. severely critical of others: "censorious champions of morality"
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adjective. uk / senˈsɔː.ri.əs / us / senˈsɔr.i.əs / Add to word list. formal. often criticizing other people: his censorious attitude to those who do not share his opinions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Critical & uncomplimentary. acidulous. aloof. astringency. astringently. barbed. be all very well idiom. captious. censoriously.
The meaning of CENSORIOUS is marked by or given to censure. How to use censorious in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Censorious.
adjective. us / senˈsɔr.i.əs / uk / senˈsɔː.ri.əs / Add to word list. formal. often criticizing other people: his censorious attitude to those who do not share his opinions. Critical & uncomplimentary. acidulous. aloof. astringency. astringently. barbed. be all very well idiom. captious. censoriously. derogatory. hypercritical. scarifyingly.
Censorious definition: severely critical; faultfinding; carping.. See examples of CENSORIOUS used in a sentence.
Censorious, an adjective, describes people who are so critical, they find something wrong in everything. Do not let censorious guests come to your next dinner party!
If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
Define censorious. censorious synonyms, censorious pronunciation, censorious translation, English dictionary definition of censorious. adj. 1. Tending to censure; critical. 2. Expressing censure. cen·so′ri·ous·ly adv. cen·so′ri·ous·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...
