Synonyms for censorious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sen-sawr-ee-uh s, -sohr-

Phonetic Transcription : sɛnˈsɔr i əs, -ˈsoʊr-

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Définition of censorious

Origin : "fond of criticizing," 1530s, from Latin censorius "pertaining to a censor," also "rigid, severe," from censor (see censor (n.)). Related: Censoriously; censoriousness.

adj very critical

Example sentences :

Socrates asks what manner of man was this censorious critic.
Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato

"We live in a censorious world, Citoyenne," he answered gravely.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

"It's a hard, censorious world, this," answered the elder man.
Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher

No one, I tell you, not even the most strait-laced or censorious.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

Prescott was not a censorious person, and he had a liking and some pity for the man.
Extract from : « Prescott of Saskatchewan » by Harold Bindloss

They judged him by a censorious standard which took no account of genius.
Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley

It was a mad world—a world in which it was not safe to be censorious.
Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson

Mrs. Grundy, the representative of the censorious world, What will Mrs. Grundy say?
Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

I am censorious of your hypocrisy, reasonably I think, because I have no weakness that way.
Extract from : « Scarlet and Hyssop » by E. F. Benson

The unkindly disposed and censorious are shut within their own four walls.
Extract from : « The Surprises of Life » by Georges Clemenceau

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