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hypercritic

[hahy-per-krit-ik] / ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪk /
NOUN
critic
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter maligner muckraker nagger quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer disapprover disputer fretter mud-slinger nit-picker panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
Antonyms
WEAK
complimenter praiser
NOUN
criticizer
Synonyms
WEAK
carper caviler censor faultfinder knocker nitpicker quibbler
NOUN
niggler
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner muckraker nagger nitpicker quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter mud-slinger nit-picker panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
NOUN
nitpicker
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner muckraker nagger niggler quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter mud-slinger nit-picker panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
NOUN
quibbler
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner muckraker nagger niggler nitpicker scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter mud-slinger nit-picker panner reviler sidewalk superintendent

Example Sentences

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He plays the hypercritic on himself, and starves his genius to death from a needless apprehension of a plethora.

From Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Waller, Alfred Rayney

Methinks the hypercritic might say there should not be two words of the same spelling and sound and meaning, to make the rhyme, as in the lines ending with meet.'

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma

I read the address in no unfriendly or hypercritic spirit, for none rejoice more than I in whatsoever contributes, even a little, to the luster of the Lone Star.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.