adj. Function: adjective
Synonyms: CRITICAL 1, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, critic, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical
Related Words: chiding, reproachful, reproaching; condemnatory, condemning, denouncing, denunciatory, reprehending; accusatory, culpatory
Contrasted Words: acclaiming, acclamatory, extolling, laudatory, lauding, praising; adulatory, complimentary, flattering
Antonyms: eulogistic