adjective · rare

censorious

censorious · more censorious · most censorious

tadelsüchtig

Addicted to censure and scoldingAddicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

/sɛnˈsɔɹiəs/

» Censorious people delight in casting blame.

Kritiksüchtigen Menschen bereitet es Freude, anderen Vorwürfe zu machen.

Придирчивые люди находят удовольствие в поиске виновных.

Meaning

3 senses

Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
tadelsüchtig
Implying or expressing censure.
censorious remarks
harshly critical or expressing censure
(proscribed)Tending to engage in or support censorship.

Examples

2 sentences

Censorious people delight in casting blame.
ruПридирчивые люди находят удовольствие в поиске виновных.
deKritiksüchtigen Menschen bereitet es Freude, anderen Vorwürfe zu machen.
CC BY · Tatoeba · papabear · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The new draft proposal changes and de-emphasizes the language that the censorious regime has deemed unpublishable.
CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

apt to condemn:

Origin

From Latin cēnsōrius (“of or pertaining to a censor; severe”). In sense 3 ("tending to eng

From Latin cēnsōrius (“of or pertaining to a censor; severe”). In sense 3 ("tending to engage in or support censorship"), reanalyzed as censor + -ious.

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