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—overcritically, adv. —overcriticalness, n./oh"veuhr krit"i keuhl/, adj.excessively critical; hypercritical.[1850-55; OVER- + CRITICAL]
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overcritical — index critical (faultfinding), nonconsenting, particular (exacting), querulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
overcritical — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
overcritical — adjective overcritical parents Syn: fault finding, hypercritical, captious, carping, caviling, quibbling, hair splitting, overparticular; fussy, finicky, fastidious, pedantic, overscrupulous, punctilious; informal nitpicking, persnickety … Thesaurus of popular words
overcritical — adjective Excessively critical. Syn: hypercritical … Wiktionary
overcritical — Synonyms and related words: captious, carping, caviling, cavilling, censorious, critic, critical, cynical, demanding, difficult, exacting, fastidious, faultfinding, finicky, fussy, hair splitting, hairsplitting, harsh, hypercritical,… … Moby Thesaurus
overcritical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. domineering, harsh, hypercritical, finicky, picky, niggling; see also severe 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Inclined to judge too severely: captious, carping, censorious, critical, faultfinding,… … English dictionary for students
overcritical — adj. excessively critical of oneself or others, critical in an exaggerated manner … English contemporary dictionary
overcritical — adjective inclined to find fault too readily … English new terms dictionary
overcritical — adj 1. hypercritical, particular, overparticular, fussy, finicky, picky, hairsplitting, Inf. choosy, fastidious; dainty, Inf. fuddy duddy, Inf. pernickety, discriminating, painstaking. 2. complaining, carping, censorious, querulous; difficult,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
overcritical — /oʊvəˈkrɪtɪkəl/ (say ohvuh kritikuhl) adjective critical to excess; too critical; hypercritical …
