censorious

Adjective

censorious (comparative more censorious, superlative most censorious)

1. Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
   • Be not too rigidly Cenſorious, / A ſtring may jarr in the beſt Maſters hand, / And the moſt skilfull Archer miſs his aim; / But in a Poem elegantly writ, / I will not quarrel with a ſlight miſtake, / Such as our Natures frailty may excuſe; […]1680, Horace, translated by Earl of Roscommon [i.e., Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon], Horace’s Art of Poetry. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, page 24
   • [S]he remembered the Countess of Rotheles's advice, and she well knew the very pointed words and looks Lady Allerton could assume when it suited her humour to be censorious, and was well aware that every particular of the evening's entertainment would be transmitted with a jaundiced tint to...1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 223

   Synonyms:

   condemnatory, overcritical

2. Implying or expressing censure.
   • censorious remarks

   Synonyms:

   condemning, disapprobatory, disapproving, condemnatory, damnatory, improbatory, reprehensive, reprehensory

3. (proscribed) Tending to engage in or support censorship.
   • Chick-Fil-A^([sic]) has survived and thrived because they served everyone AND refused to cater to the cancel culture. Now they’ve caved at the behest of the censorious Left. This is a terrible move and just the latest indicator that the center cannot hold.2019 November 19, Josh Milton, quoting Ben Shapiro, “Ben Shapiro and his alt-right rabble are mourning the loss of homophobic chicken”, in PinkNews, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023
   • Is there something in the California water that makes Silicon Valley's censorious dweebs so damned shameless?2021 May 27, Sohrab Ahmari, “Facebook’s lab-leak censors owe The Post, and America, an apology”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023

   Synonyms:

   censorial