MEANING
Inclined to judge others harshly and express disapproval.
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Words that belong together
- censorious glance
- censorious tone
On the page
A censorious glance followed her muddy shoes across the carpet.
His censorious tone made the smallest error feel like a confession.
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Word forms
- Base
- censorious
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more censorious; superlative most censorious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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