Thesaurus / hypercritical
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So sometimes I think I would overreact over little things just because I’m hypercritical of myself.
VINCENT AND BRIANA OF ‘MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT’ EXPLAIN THE PERKS OF MARRYING A STRANGER AND FINDING LOVE ON TVVICTORIA UWUMAROGIEJUNE 17, 2021ESSENCE.COMHer mother ran the household with a hypercritical eye, although she could stand only for short periods.
CECILIA CHIANG, GRAND DAME OF CHINESE COOKING IN AMERICA, DIES AT 100TIM CARMANOCTOBER 28, 2020WASHINGTON POSTQuite a number of Marxian critics find themselves in the same position as the hypercritical French sculptor.
THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF KARL MARXM. BEERTo be hypercritical, I might suggest that perhaps occasionally the version is rather too literal.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 100., FEBRUARY 7, 1891VARIOUSBe not hypercritical, for Heart's sake, against a man whose aim it is to help the cause of Heart.
HEARTMARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPERThe public ear has become dainty, fastidious, hypercritical; hence the Ballad-Singer languishes and dies.
THE HISTORY OF THE CATNACH PRESSCHARLES HINDLEYThe rest of the evening I could enjoy to my heart's content with no hypercritical glances following me around.
VACATION WITH THE TUCKER TWINSNELL SPEED"But it is hypercritical even to suggest such a thing," she said, pouting.
THE QUEEN'S CUPG. A. HENTYI hope they do not read as if I were hypercritical or sceptical.
THE HEALTHY LIFE, VOL. V, NOS. 24-28VARIOUSBut few, we think, would have been hypercritical in judging of Columbus' first attitudes as he stepped down upon his new world.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, VOLUME 1, NO. 2, JULY, 1850.VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO HYPERCRITICAL
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