About The Word Hypercritical
Learn about the word Hypercritical to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Hypercritical definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Hypercritical
| Hypercritical Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Hypercritical?
[adj] inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hypercritical: critical | overcritical Related Terms | Find terms related to Hypercritical: captious | carping | caviling | censorious | critic | critical | cynical | faultfinding | hairsplitting | hypersensitive | morbidly sensitive | nagging | niggling | overconscientious | overcritical | overfastidious | overmeticulous | overnice | overparticular | overprecise | overrefined | overscrupulous | oversensitive | oversqueamish | pettifogging | quibbling | trichoschistic | ultracritical See Also | Hypercritical In Webster's Dictionary \Hy`per*crit"ic*al\, a.
1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping;
captious. ``Hypercritical readers.'' --Swift.
2. Excessively nice or exact. --Evelyn.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Lacquer ‐ a hard glossy coating [n] a black resinous substance obtained…
- Shoshoni ‐ a member of the North American Indian people (related to the…
- Rock 'n' roll ‐ a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of…
- Plumpness ‐ the bodily property of being…
- Misogynous ‐ hating women in…
- Chronic glaucoma ‐ glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces…
- Photocathode ‐ a cathode that emits electrons when…
- Genus xanthium ‐ coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed…
- Obovate ‐ of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the narrower end…
- Neo ‐ (used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a combining…