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captious
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given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things
- a captious and cranky eater whoʼs never met a vegetable he didnʼt hate
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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
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