All overcritical synonyms

adjective overcritical

• hypercritical — excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.
• harsh — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
• severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
• critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
• contemptuous — If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
• disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
• stern — rear of boat
• judgmental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
• disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
• analytical — An analytical way of doing something involves the use of logical reasoning.
• biting — Biting wind or cold is extremely cold.
• calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
• captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
• carping — tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
• caviling — Present participle of cavil.
• cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
• censuring — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
• choleric — A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry.
• condemning — Present participle of condemn.
• critic — A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.
• cutting — A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
• cynical — If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
• demanding — A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
• demeaning — Something that is demeaning makes people have less respect for the person who is treated in that way, or who does that thing.
• derogatory — If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
• diagnostic — Diagnostic equipment, methods, or systems are used for discovering what is wrong with people who are ill or with things that do not work properly.
• discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
• discriminating — to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.
• exacting — Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
• exceptive — Exceptional, having an exception.
• faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
• finicky — excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.
• fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
• hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
• humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
• lowering — comparative of low1 .
• nagging — continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent.
• niggling — petty; trivial; inconsequential: to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.
• nit-picking — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
• particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
• penetrating — able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.
• reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
• sarcastic — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
• satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
• scolding — a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
• sharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
• trenchant — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
• withering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.