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hypercritical

hy·per·crit·i·cal
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahy-per-krit-i-kuh l]
    • /ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪ kəl/
    • /ˌhaɪ.pə.ˈkrɪ.tɪk.l̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy-per-krit-i-kuh l]
    • /ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪ kəl/

Definitions of hypercritical word

  • adjective hypercritical excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical. 1
  • noun hypercritical Excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults. 1
  • adjective hypercritical always finding fault 1
  • adjective hypercritical excessively or severely critical; carping; captious 0
  • adjective hypercritical too critical; too severe in judgment; hard to please 0
  • adjective hypercritical Meticulously or excessively critical. 0
See all 6 definitions of hypercritical

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Origin of hypercritical

First appearance:

before 1595
One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; hyper- + critical

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Parts of speech for Hypercritical

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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hypercritical popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for hypercritical

adj hypercritical

  • carping — tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
  • censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
  • critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
  • demanding — A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
  • faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.

adjective hypercritical

  • nitpicking — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
  • negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
  • caviling — Present participle of cavil.
All 17 Synonyms of hypercritical

Antonyms for hypercritical

adjective hypercritical

  • lenient — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
Just one Antonym for hypercritical

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