adjective
Synonyms: critical 1, captious, carping, cavillous, censorious, critic, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical
Related Word: contrary, perverse; demanding, exacting; finicky, fussy, picky; mean, petty, small; hairsplitting, niggling, nitpicking
Contrasted words: amiable, complaisant, good-natured, tolerant; accommodating, easy, obliging