censorious

/sɛnsˈɔːɹɪəs/

/sɛnsˈoːɹɪəs/

[adjective]

censorious

[ADJECTIVE]

harshly critical or expressing censure

Examples

1. Our high romantic expectations have made us notably impatient around, and censorious about, those who can’t attain them.

2. Censoriousness We grow censorious and deeply disapproving of certain kinds of behavior and people.

3. We can often grow censorious and disapproving of certain people and behaviours to ward off an awareness that a part of us in fact really likes the condemmed element.

4. (5.1.205-10) Yet even whilst verbally translating both the sight and its possible import, Hamlet’s words emphasise the difficulty and uncertainty of what he sees, and the censorious scrutiny it demands.