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hypercritical

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hypercritical

given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things

if you go by what that hypercritical reviewer says, you are going to end up seeing very few movies

Synonyms of hypercritical

captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, judgmental, overcritical, rejective

Words Related to hypercritical

discerning, discriminating, judicious

demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, nitpicky, particular, picky

pettifogging, quibbling

harsh, merciless, uncharitable, unforgiving

Near Antonyms of hypercritical

undiscriminating

undemanding, unfussy

charitable, forgiving

Antonyms of hypercritical

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.

- a critical essay

hypercritical suggests a tendency to judge by unreasonably strict standards.

- hypercritical disparagement of other people's work

faultfinding implies a querulous or exacting temperament.

- a faultfinding reviewer

captious suggests a readiness to detect trivial faults or raise objections on trivial grounds.

- a captious critic

carping implies an ill-natured or perverse picking of flaws.

- a carping editorial

censorious implies a disposition to be severely critical and condemnatory.

- the censorious tone of the review

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