Antonyms for censorious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sen-sawr-ee-uh s, -sohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɛnˈsɔr i əs, -ˈsoʊr- |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for censorious
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