Definition of hypercritical
: meticulously or excessively critical
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Examples of hypercritical in a Sentence
if you go by what that hypercritical reviewer says, you are going to end up seeing very few movies
Recent Examples of hypercritical from the Web
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Karen is hypercritical of the school’s teachers, the curriculum, the kids and the other parents, either because they’re absent or overly involved.
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First Known Use of hypercritical
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hypercritical Synonyms
Synonyms
captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, judgmental, overcritical;
Antonyms
Related Words
discerning, discriminating, judicious;
demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, nitpicky, particular, picky;
Synonym Discussion of hypercritical
critical, hypercritical, faultfinding, captious, carping, censorious mean inclined to look for and point out faults and defects. critical may also imply an effort to see a thing clearly and truly in order to judge it fairly.
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- a critical essay
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- hypercritical disparagement of other people's work
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- a faultfinding reviewer
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- a captious critic
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- a carping editorial
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- the censorious tone of the review
HYPERCRITICAL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of hypercritical for English Language Learners
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: criticizing other people or things too strongly or too often
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