Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
harshly critical or expressing censure;
- Example: "was censorious of petty failings"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Censorious \Cen*so"ri*ous\, a. [L. censorius pertaining to the
censor. See Censor.]
1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in
making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
[1913 Webster]
A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious
of his neighbors. --Watts.
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2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.
Syn: Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe;
condemnatory; hypercritical. -- Cen*so"ri*ous*ly, adv.
-- Cen*so"ri*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
censorious
adj 1: harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious
of petty failings"