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hypercritical
adjective as in captious
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Example Sentences
So sometimes I think I would overreact over little things just because I’m hypercritical of myself.
Her mother ran the household with a hypercritical eye, although she could stand only for short periods.
Quite a number of Marxian critics find themselves in the same position as the hypercritical French sculptor.
To be hypercritical, I might suggest that perhaps occasionally the version is rather too literal.
Be not hypercritical, for Heart's sake, against a man whose aim it is to help the cause of Heart.
The public ear has become dainty, fastidious, hypercritical; hence the Ballad-Singer languishes and dies.
The rest of the evening I could enjoy to my heart's content with no hypercritical glances following me around.
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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hypercritical, such as: carping, caviling, censorious, critical, demanding, and faultfinding.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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