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Adjectives commonly used to describe "criticism" — vivid descriptors for richer, more specific prose.
(adj)
Relating to literature.
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Of or relating to society.
(adv)
To a great extent.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
Very bad or intense.
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
Of or relating to the Bible.
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
Of or pertaining to text.
Important; weighty; not insignificant.
(n)
One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
(v)
(transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Having happened a short while ago.
(loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
Significant; worth considering.
Pertaining to culture.
Of or relating to the drama.
Causing destruction; damaging.
Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
Related or connected to science:
Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
One that believes in or follows the ideals of Marxism.
Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.
Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
Capable of reasoning.
Having a great value.
Done or occurring often; common.
Concerned with beauty, artistic effect, or appearance.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.
(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
Having the same relationship, each to each other.
Essential; extremely important.
Of or relating to words.
Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
(figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously articulate and effective; severe.
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.
Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.