CENSORIOUSNESS Synonyms

• persistent petty and unjustified criticism

• counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy

• deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances

• containing or imposing condemnation or censure

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• tending to diminish or disparage

• expressive of low opinion

• expressing or manifesting disapproval

• persistent petty and unjustified criticism

• tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions

• tending to find and call attention to faults

• inclined to judge too severely

• depending on judgment

• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

• a reply of denial

• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

• less than zero

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

• having a negative charge

• involving disadvantage or harm

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

• exacting especially about details

• expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

• expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

• be overly critical; criticize minor details