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censorious.

Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/sɛnˈsɔɹiəs/
  1. Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

  2. Implying or expressing censure.

    censorious remarks
  3. Tending to engage in or support censorship.

    proscribed
Where this word comes from

From Latin cēnsōrius (“of or pertaining to a censor; severe”). In sense 3 ("tending to engage in or support censorship"), reanalyzed as censor + -ious.

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