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CENSORIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does censorious mean?
• CENSORIOUS (adjective)
The adjective CENSORIOUS has 1 sense:
1. harshly critical or expressing censure
Familiarity information: CENSORIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harshly critical or expressing censure
Context example:
was censorious of petty failings
Similar:
critical (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws)
Derivation:
censor (someone who censures or condemns)
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