censorious
Betekenis (Engels)
- Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
- Implying or expressing censure.
- (proscribed) Tending to engage in or support censorship.
Sinonieme
fault-finding
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/sɛnˈsɔɹiəs/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Latin cēnsōrius (“of or pertaining to a censor; severe”). In sense 3 ("tending to engage in or support censorship"), reanalyzed as censor + -ious.
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