censorious

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Censorious matrons are heard gossiping and lamenting about women who do not marry or produce progeny, or think too much of themselves.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019

The second Kind of Female Orators are those who deal in Invectives, and who are commonly known by the Name of the Censorious.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Censorious people shook their heads over the Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq., and it must be allowed that the censure had some justification.

From Thomas Moore by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

Censorious tongues passed severe comments on such proceedings.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz