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censorious

Pronunciation: /sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs/

Definition of censorious

adjective

  • severely critical of others:censorious champions of morality

Derivatives

censoriously

adverb

censoriousness

noun

Origin:

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

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