Antonyms for critical
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : krit-i-kuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪt ɪ kəl |
Definition of critical
Origin :- 1580s, "censorious," from critic + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to criticism" is from 1741; medical sense is from c.1600; meaning "of the nature of a crisis" is from 1640s; that of "crucial" is from 1841, from the "decisive" sense in Latin criticus. Related: Criticality (1756; in the nuclear sense, 1950); critically (1650s, "accurately;" 1815, "in a critical situation"). In nuclear science, critical mass is attested from 1940.
- adj fault-finding, detracting
- adj urgently important
- Do Ministers deserve no credit for hitting on this critical device?
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- It was at this critical moment that Cassidy entered from the opposite side of the office.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The best biography of Handel and critical study of his works in English.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- I should think Mr. Hynes would be too critical to admire Milly.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- There is no doubt that many doors have been opened by critical methods.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- The American arrived at the head of the companionway at a critical juncture.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- His mother said nothing, but not a move escaped her critical eye.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- But the daring intrepidity of the Deal boatmen was not wanting at this critical moment.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- But she imagined the clear, critical eyes, their sudden frown or smile.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- If you're so critical of my clothes, why don't you come and look after them and me?
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Synonyms for critical
- acute
- all-important
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- calumniatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censuring
- choleric
- climacteric
- conclusive
- condemning
- consequential
- critic
- crucial
- cutting
- cynical
- dangerous
- deciding
- decisive
- demanding
- demeaning
- derogatory
- desperate
- determinative
- diagnostic
- dire
- disapproving
- discerning
- discriminating
- disparaging
- exacting
- exceptive
- finicky
- fussy
- grave
- hairsplitting
- hairy
- hazardous
- high-priority
- humbling
- hypercritical
- integral
- lowering
- momentous
- nagging
- niggling
- nit-picking
- overcritical
- particular
- penetrating
- perilous
- pivotal
- precarious
- pressing
- reproachful
- risky
- sarcastic
- satirical
- scolding
- serious
- severe
- sharp
- significant
- strategic
- trenchant
- urgent
- vital
- weighty
- withering
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