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(adj)
Tending to find fault.
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Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
Meticulously or excessively critical.
(n)
pettifoggery
petty argument
Full of danger.
cavilation
Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.
Very bad or intense.
Excessively critical.
Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
Having or relating to the ability to discriminate between things.
Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.
Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous.
Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
Intense; sensitive; sharp.
Important; weighty; not insignificant.
complaining excessively.
Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event.
Of or relating to the administration of justice.
Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
(physics, of a fluid) Above its critical temperature and critical pressure.
(v)
To find fault (with something).
(countable) A person who appraises the works of others.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criticize. [To find fault (with something).]
To review something; to criticize.
(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
Condemning.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
Having a great risk.
Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
Dangerous, full of peril.
(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.
A confrontation; a dare.
Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s):
Resulting in either success or failure.
Difficult, hard to do.
Firm, unyielding, determined.
Capable of criticizing oneself; able to find mistakes and possibilities for improvement in one's own work.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
Hard to deal with, complicated.
Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe
(chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
Needing urgent attention.
(idiomatic) Requiring a determined or desperate effort to avoid the consequences of failure (Alternative form of do or die).
Requiring immediate attention.
(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
Superior, of supreme importance in the case.
Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
Discouraging; inspiring fear.
Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
Having, or expressing doubt; questioning.
Commonwealth standard spelling of skeptical.
Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
(adv)
In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
Practically wise, judicious, shrewd.
Providing an end to something; decisive.
Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
(chiefly of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.
Having great or incalculable value.
Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive.
determining finally, conclusive, decisive
(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Of low quality.
very interesting; able to capture and hold one's attention
Gravely; deeply; very much.
Having a great value.
Significant; worth considering.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs.
Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
Necessary; being required.
(of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
(often postpositive) Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
Necessary.
Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
(literary) True, real, actual.
The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.
Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.
Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.