censorious
pronunciation
How to pronounce censorious in British English:
UK [senˈsɔ:riəs]
How to pronounce censorious in American English:
US [sɛnˈsɔriəs, -ˈsor-]
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- Adjective:
- harshly critical or expressing censure
Word Origin
- censorious (adj.)
- "fond of criticizing," 1530s, from Latin censorius "pertaining to a censor," also "rigid, severe," from censor (see censor (n.)). Related: Censoriously; censoriousness.
Example
- 1. If you applied this censorious logic , you would also have to purge museums of every gainsborough painting that can be connected with slave-owners .
- 2. But overzealous moderation can have " absurd and censorious " results , says kevin bankston at the centre for democracy and technology , a think-tank .
- 3. This time they were much more censorious of the prime minister .
- 4. If you 're hip to the costs and upsides of azure and the gigantic foreign markets where microsoft might have to throw some elbows , buy into some partnerships and even get a little censorious to get things done , you 've grasped the power of " secret microsoft . "
- 5. Even the most censorious of european governments know they must find a way to deal with the re-elected bush administration .