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critical synonyms
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- analytic
- cogent
- conclusive
- detailed
- diagnostic
- discrete
- dissecting
- explanatory
- expository
- bad-mouth
- blister
- criticize
- cut down to size
- cut to the quick
- decry
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deride
- bitter
- bleak
- blighting
- cold
- crisp
- cutting
- freezing
- harsh
- nipping
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censuring
- acrimonious
- cantankerous
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- contrary
- crabby
- cross
- bellyaching
- caviling
- censorious
- critical
- criticizing
- deprecatory
- disparaging
- fault-finding
- griping
- accusatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- chiding
- complaining
- condemnatory
- condemning
- irascible
- peevish
- quick-tempered
- adjudge
- belittle
- blow whistle on
- call down
- castigate
- censure
- chide
- come down on
- criticize
- analyzer
- annotator
- arbiter
- authority
- caricaturist
- cartoonist
- commentator
- connoisseur
- diagnostic
- acerbic
- acid
- acrimonious
- barbed
- biting
- bitter
- caustic
- clear-cut
- crisp
- contemptuous
- derisive
- ironic
- misanthropic
- misanthropical
- mocking
- pessimistic
- sarcastic
- sardonic
- ambitious
- backbreaker
- bothersome
- clamorous
- critical
- dictatorial
- difficult
- exacting
- exhausting
- abase
- bad-mouth
- belittle
- bemean
- cast down
- contemn
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- debase
- aspersing
- belittling
- calumnious
- censorious
- contumelious
- critical
- damaging
- decrying
- defamatory
- characteristic
- distinguishing
- indicative
- symptomatic
- blame
- censure
- chastise
- criticize
- damn
- decry
- denounce
- deplore
- deprecate
- acute
- astute
- bright
- brilliant
- clear-sighted
- clever
- critical
- gnostic
- ingenious
- acute
- astute
- careful
- choicy
- choosy
- cultivated
- discerning
- distinctive
- eclectic
- defamatory
- depreciatory
- derogatory
- detractory
- epithetical
- minimizing
- pejorative
- snide
- unfavorable
- burdensome
- by the book
- careful
- critical
- difficult
- exigent
- finicky
- fussy
- grievous
- acrimonious
- cantankerous
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- contrary
- crabby
- cross
- choosy
- critical
- dainty
- difficult
- fastidious
- finical
- finicking
- fussbudget
- fussy
- careful
- choosy
- conscientious
- conscionable
- dainty
- difficult
- discriminating
- exact
- exacting
- bickering
- carping
- caviling
- faultfinding
- perfectionism
- pettiness
- quibbling
- sophistry
- abase
- abash
- bemean
- break
- bring down
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- carping
- caviling
- censorious
- critical
- demanding
- faultfinding
- finicky
- fussy
- hair-splitting
- gloomy
- heavy
- menacing
- ominous
- overcast
- overhanging
- aching
- achy
- afflictive
- agonizing
- arduous
- awful
- biting
- burning
- caustic
- finicky
- fussy
- petty
- picayune
- trifling
- acrimonious
- cantankerous
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- contrary
- crabby
- cross
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- calumniatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- accurate
- appropriate
- blow-by-blow
- circumstantial
- clocklike
- detailed
- distinct
- especial
- express
- biting
- carrying
- clear-cut
- crisp
- cutting
- edged
- entering
- forcing
- going through
- calumniating
- castigating
- censorious
- contumelious
- defamatory
- derisive
- disparaging
- insolent
- insulting
- acerb
- acerbic
- acid
- acrimonious
- arrogant
- austere
- backhanded
- biting
- bitter
- abusive
- bantering
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- censorious
- chaffing
- cutting
- berating
- chewing out
- chiding
- rating
- rebuke
- reprehension
- reprimand
- talking to
- astringent
- austere
- biting
- caustic
- close
- cold
- cruel
- cutting
- disapproving
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- acerbic
- acid
- acidulous
- acute
- astringent
- biting
- caustic
- clear
- clear-cut
- decaying
- drooping
- fading
- shrinking
- wilting
- decaying
- drooping
- fading
- shrinking
- wilting
- decaying
- drooping
- fading
- shrinking
- wilting
- decaying
- drooping
- fading
- shrinking
- wilting
- decaying
- drooping
- fading
- shrinking
- wilting
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