variants
or judgey
informal
: tending to judge others harshly or critically : judgmental
With the state's mandated water-use reductions taking effect on Monday, our lawns have become jungles of worry. Keep them green and face scary water bills and judgy neighbors.—
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With judgy interest, the three sisters observe Liz Nettles (Phoebe Dynevor), the new girlfriend of their nervous and nebbishy brother, Josh (Dylan O’Brien).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
For a historian, Dabhoiwala is rather judgy.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Resist the temptation to post a mean or judgy comment.
—Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2020
But what if that person isn’t readily available or is kind of judgy? Dogs can be excellent listeners.
—cleveland, 10 Mar. 2020
Meanwhile, the Airthinx silently watched me with its judgy red light.
—Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired, 12 Dec. 2019
As Brittany’s stock improves in the prying, judgy eyes of the world around her, she’s stuck with a load of defense mechanisms and the rote psychological impulse to push people away, and treat every act of kindness as pity.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2019
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
For a historian, Dabhoiwala is rather judgy.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Resist the temptation to post a mean or judgy comment.
—Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2020
But what if that person isn’t readily available or is kind of judgy? Dogs can be excellent listeners.
—cleveland, 10 Mar. 2020
Meanwhile, the Airthinx silently watched me with its judgy red light.
—Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired, 12 Dec. 2019
As Brittany’s stock improves in the prying, judgy eyes of the world around her, she’s stuck with a load of defense mechanisms and the rote psychological impulse to push people away, and treat every act of kindness as pity.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2019
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“Judgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judgy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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