Antonyms for censorious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sen-sawr-ee-uh s, -sohr-
Phonetic Transcription : sɛnˈsɔr i əs, -ˈsoʊr-


Definition of censorious

Origin :
  • "fond of criticizing," 1530s, from Latin censorius "pertaining to a censor," also "rigid, severe," from censor (see censor (n.)). Related: Censoriously; censoriousness.
  • adj very critical
Example sentences :
  • Socrates asks what manner of man was this censorious critic.
  • Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato
  • "We live in a censorious world, Citoyenne," he answered gravely.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "It's a hard, censorious world, this," answered the elder man.
  • Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
  • No one, I tell you, not even the most strait-laced or censorious.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • Prescott was not a censorious person, and he had a liking and some pity for the man.
  • Extract from : « Prescott of Saskatchewan » by Harold Bindloss
  • They judged him by a censorious standard which took no account of genius.
  • Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley
  • It was a mad world—a world in which it was not safe to be censorious.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
  • Mrs. Grundy, the representative of the censorious world, What will Mrs. Grundy say?
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • I am censorious of your hypocrisy, reasonably I think, because I have no weakness that way.
  • Extract from : « Scarlet and Hyssop » by E. F. Benson
  • The unkindly disposed and censorious are shut within their own four walls.
  • Extract from : « The Surprises of Life » by Georges Clemenceau

Synonyms for censorious

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