Synonyms for hypercritical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hahy-per-krit-i-kuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪ kəl

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Définition of hypercritical

Origin : c.1600, from hyper- + critical.

adj captious

Example sentences :

All this is hypercritical, but hypercriticism must be met with its own weapons.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

"'Tis rude to laugh" is another precept of the hypercritical mother.
Extract from : « A History of Nursery Rhymes » by Percy B. Green

This is not hypercritical, but is in accordance with the knowledge we have to-day.
Extract from : « Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 » by Various

It were hypercritical to accuse him of a lack of originality.
Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill

I was cross and ugly and hypercritical and generally nasty, and they passed me up.
Extract from : « Cutting It out » by Samuel G. Blythe

The dialects are somewhat muddled, moreover; but we must not be hypercritical.
Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore

And she did not wish to fall into exaggeration, to be hypercritical.
Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens

And I say this without the least wish to disparage these hypercritical persons.
Extract from : « Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 » by Charles Kingsley

To be hypercritical here is often absurd and sometimes silly.
Extract from : « English As We Speak It in Ireland » by P. W. Joyce

But, perhaps, as Ezekiel is coming, it is hypercritical to object to Jeremiah.
Extract from : « Is the Bible Indictable? » by Annie Besant

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