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English Dictionary: censorious by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
censorious
adj
  1. harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious of petty failings"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Censorious \Cen*so"ri*ous\, a. [L. censorius pertaining to the
      censor. See {Censor}.]
      1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in
            making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
  
                     A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious
                     of his neighbors.                              --Watts.
  
      2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.
  
      Syn: Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe;
               condemnatory; hypercritical. -- {Cen*so"ri*ous*ly}, adv.
               -- {Cen*so"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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