'overcritical' definitions:
Definition of 'overcritical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality" [syn: hypercritical, overcritical]
Synonyms of 'overcritical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- captious,
- carping,
- caviling,
- cavilling,
- censorious,
- critic,
- critical,
- cynical,
- demanding,
- difficult,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- faultfinding,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- hair-splitting,
- hairsplitting,
- harsh,
- hypercritical,
- hypersensitive,
- morbidly sensitive,
- nagging,
- niggling,
- nit-picking,
- overconscientious,
- overfastidious,
- overmeticulous,
- overnice,
- overparticular,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- overscrupulous,
- oversensitive,
- oversqueamish,
- pettifogging,
- picayune,
- picky,
- querulous,
- quibbling,
- severe,
- small,
- small-minded,
- trichoschistic,
- ultracritical