censorious

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
  2. Implying or expressing censure.
  3. (proscribed) Tending to engage in or support censorship.

Vertalings

vitterig

mäkelig

αυστηρός

επικριτικός

επιτιμητικός

chicaneiro

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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