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censorious

Syllabification: (cen·so·ri·ous)
Pronunciation: /senˈsôrēəs/

Definition of censorious

adjective

  • severely critical of others:modest, charitable in his judgments, never censorious, Jim carried tolerance almost too far

Derivatives

censoriously

adverb

censoriousness

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin censorius (from censor 'magistrate') + -ious

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