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1 censorious
[-'so:-]adjective (very critical: She is censorious about the behaviour of young people.) surowy -
2 censor
['sɛnsə(r)] 1. ncenzor(ka) m(f)2. vt* * *['sensə] 1. noun1) (an official who examines films etc and has the power to remove any of the contents which might offend people: Part of his film has been banned by the censor.) cenzor2) (an official (eg in the army) who examines letters etc and removes information which the authorities do not wish to be made public for political reasons etc.) cenzor2. verbThis film has been censored; The soldiers' letters are censored.) cenzurować- censorship
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Censorious — Cen*so ri*ous, a. [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See {Censor}.] 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. [1913 Webster] A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
censorious — index blameful, calumnious, critical (faultfinding), cynical, derogatory, dictatorial, pejorative … Law dictionary
censorious — 1530s, from L. censorius pertaining to a censor, from censor (see CENSOR (Cf. censor)). Roman censor also had a transferred sense of a severe judge; a rigid moralist; a censurer … Etymology dictionary
censorious — faultfinding, *critical, hypercritical, captious, carping, caviling Analogous words: reproaching or reproachful, chiding (see corresponding verbs at REPROVE): condemning or condemna tory, denouncing or denunciatory, reprehending (see… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
censorious — [adj] very critical accusatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, chiding, complaining, condemnatory, condemning, critical, culpatory, denouncing, disapproving, disparaging, fault finding, hypercritical, overcritical, reprehending,… … New thesaurus
censorious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ severely critical. DERIVATIVES censoriously adverb censoriousness noun … English terms dictionary
censorious — [sen sôr′ē əs] adj. [L censorius < censere: see CENSOR] expressing censure; inclined to find fault; harshly critical censoriously adv. censoriousness n … English World dictionary
censorious — adjective Etymology: Latin censorius of a censor, from censor Date: 1536 marked by or given to censure < censorious comments > < a censorious critic > Synonyms: see critical • censoriously adverb • censoriousness … New Collegiate Dictionary
censorious — [[t]sensɔ͟ːriəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else s behaviour. [FORMAL] Despite strong principles he was never censorious. Syn:… … English dictionary
censorious — cen|so|ri|ous [senˈso:riəs] adj formal criticizing and expressing disapproval ▪ His tone was censorious. >censoriously adv >censoriousness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
censorious — adjective formal always looking for mistakes and faults in other people and wanting to criticize them: She didn t used to be so censorious of others behaviour. censoriously adverb censoriousness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
