Antonyms for exceptive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ik-sep-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsɛp tɪv |
Definition of exceptive
- As in captious : adj very critical
- As in overcritical : adj critical
- As in critical : adj fault-finding, detracting
- As in critical : adj urgently important
- This exceptive compliment to his skill was not so acceptable to the Doctor, whose passion boiled over at the new indignity.
- Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
- Is it not announced as a general maxim, to which there can be no exceptive case, Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof?
- Extract from : « A Lamp to the Path » by W. K. Tweedie
Synonyms for exceptive
- acrimonious
- acute
- all-important
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- calumniatory
- cantankerous
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censuring
- choleric
- climacteric
- conclusive
- condemning
- consequential
- contrary
- crabby
- critic
- cross
- crucial
- cutting
- cynical
- dangerous
- deciding
- decisive
- demanding
- demeaning
- deprecating
- derogatory
- desperate
- determinative
- diagnostic
- dire
- disapproving
- discerning
- discriminating
- disparaging
- exacting
- exceptive
- fault-finding
- faultfinding
- finicky
- fussy
- grave
- hairsplitting
- hairy
- hazardous
- high-priority
- humbling
- hypercritical
- integral
- irritable
- lowering
- momentous
- nagging
- niggling
- nit-picking
- overcritical
- particular
- peevish
- penetrating
- perilous
- perverse
- petulant
- pivotal
- precarious
- pressing
- reproachful
- risky
- sarcastic
- satirical
- scolding
- serious
- severe
- sharp
- significant
- strategic
- testy
- touchy
- trenchant
- urgent
- vital
- weighty
- withering
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