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critical
adjective as in fault-finding, detracting
Strongest match
Weak matches
- analytical
 - belittling
 - biting
 - calumniatory
 - captious
 - carping
 - caviling
 - cavillous
 - censorious
 - censuring
 - choleric
 - condemning
 - critic
 - cutting
 - cynical
 - demeaning
 - derogatory
 - diagnostic
 - disapproving
 - discerning
 - discriminating
 - disparaging
 - exacting
 - exceptive
 - finicky
 - fussy
 - hairsplitting
 - humbling
 - hypercritical
 - lowering
 - nagging
 - niggling
 - nit-picking
 - overcritical
 - particular
 - penetrating
 - reproachful
 - sarcastic
 - satirical
 - scolding
 - severe
 - sharp
 - trenchant
 - withering
 
adjective as in urgently important
Example Sentences
It has raised further questions on the contribution from cost savings, which are critical for the investment case, they say.
The memoir was a critical hit before winning the prize, but a year later it was caught up in an online storm.
This so-called "off year" election doesn't feature presidential or congressional races, but there are still several critical votes to watch tonight.
Kardashian received mostly positive critical reviews for her portrayal, which encouraged her to take on more acting roles.
The company is “a major beneficiary of the advanced packaging structures critical in AI semiconductors across both logic and memory,” he wrote, but he noted that shares trade at a “substantial discount” to rivals.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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