cavillous

acrimonious cantankerous carping caviling censorious contrary crabby cross demanding deprecating disparaging exacting exceptive fault-finding finicky hypercritical irritable nagging nit-picking overcritical peevish perverse petulant sarcastic severe testy touchy

commendatory complimentary encouraging flattering laudatory praising

accusatory captious carping caviling chiding complaining condemnatory condemning critical culpatory denouncing disapproving disparaging fault-finding hypercritical overcritical reprehending reproaching severe

complimentary encouraging flattering laudatory praising

demanding

analytical belittling biting calumniatory captious carping caviling 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

complimentary laudatory praising trivial uncritical unimportant

analytical belittling biting calumniatory captious carping caviling censorious censuring choleric condemning critic cutting cynical demanding demeaning derogatory diagnostic disapproving discerning discriminating disparaging exacting exceptive faultfinding finicky fussy hairsplitting humbling hypercritical lowering nagging niggling nit-picking particular penetrating reproachful sarcastic satirical scolding severe sharp trenchant withering