censurious

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

   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

   Synonyms:

   censorial