hypercritical

Speech parts

1. hypercritical - Adjective

2. hypercritical - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.

Excessively nice or exact.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

overcritical particular difficult anal pedant critical negative severe strict critic demanding delicate condemning meticulous exacting
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Antonyms

elementary good positive accept easy friendly
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Related terms

supercritical hypercriticism hypercriticize

Phrases with the word

non-hypercritical

Examples

Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them. Patrick Dempsey

When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc., . . . I see that they forget that the first requisite and rule is that expression shall be vital and natural . . . Henry David Thoreau

hypercritical of colloquial speech Source: Internet

the overcritical teacher can discourage originality Source: Internet

Campaign consultants, perhaps in response to the increasingly hypercritical coverage by an increasingly anti-politics press corps writing for an increasingly anti-politics readership, severely limit reporters’ access to the candidates. Source: Internet

So, protesting Planned Parenthood is a hypercritical movement that is attempting to take away affordable health care and the fundamental rights of women. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hypercreative hypercreativity hypercritic hypercritical point hypercriticality hypercritically