censorious

English

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Adjective

censorious (comparative more censorious, superlative most censorious)

1. Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
2. Implying or expressing censure.
   • censorious remarks

Translations

apt to condemn

Finnish: tuomitseva (fi)

implying or expressing censure

Finnish: suut tukkiva (fi), sensuurihenkinen (fi)

References

• censorious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• censorious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• coenurosis