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hypercriticize

hypercriticize verb: to criticize excessively severely.

Verb

hypercriticize (third-person singular simple present hypercriticizes, present participle hypercriticizing, simple past and past participle hypercriticized)

  1. To criticize excessively severely.

Forms of hypercriticize

third-person singular presenthypercriticizes
present participlehypercriticizing
past participlehypercriticized
pasthypercriticized

Origin of hypercriticize

From hyper- + criticize.

Questions about hypercriticize

What does hypercriticize mean?
Hypercriticize means to criticize excessively severely.
What part of speech is hypercriticize?
Hypercriticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hypercriticize?
The past tense of hypercriticize is hypercriticized.

Words near hypercriticize in the dictionary

  1. hypercriticised
  2. hypercriticises
  3. hypercriticising
  4. hypercriticism
  5. hypercriticisms
  6. hypercriticize
  7. hypercriticized
  8. hypercriticizes
  9. hypercriticizing
  10. hypercritick
  11. hypercriticks

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