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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. persistent petty and unjustified criticism;
[syn: faultfinding, carping]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions;
- Example: "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding"

2. tending to find and call attention to faults;
- Example: "a captious pedant"
- Example: "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
[syn: captious, faultfinding]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fault-finding \Fault"-find`ing\, n.
   The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively.
   Also Adj.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

faultfinding
    adj 1: tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on
           personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be
           faultfinding"
    2: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious
       pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
       [syn: captious, faultfinding]
    n 1: persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn:
         faultfinding, carping]