You are too critical of others' shortcomings.
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Critical
//ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl//
Synonyms for "critical" (282 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Strong matches (84)
delicatedemandingdemeaningdemonstrativedemythologizingdeprecatingdeprecatorydepreciatingdepreciativedepreciatorydesperatedestructivedetaileddeterminativedifferentialdifficiledifficultdiscerningdiscoursivediscriminate
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Adjective(6 words)
Related words (141)
illustrativeimperativeimperiousincisiveinsistentinstantintricatejaundicedjawbreakingjeopardousjudgementaljudgmentaljudicativejudicialjudiciaryjudiciousjuridicjuridicaljuristickairotic
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Adjective(9 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
93 entriesShowing 16 of 93 words.
distinct from
7 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
similar
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
Translations
154 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κρίσιμος adj (extremely important)
Arabic
1 entries- النقد adj (inclined to find fault)
Armenian
1 entries- քննական adj (relating to criticism)
Breton
2 entries- eizik adj (extremely important)
- eizik adj (of the point where a reaction becomes self-sustaining)
Bulgarian
4 entries- критичен adj (relating to criticism)
- критичен adj (of the point where a reaction becomes self-sustaining)
- много важен adj (extremely important)
- преломен adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
Catalan
4 entries- crític adj (inclined to find fault)
- crític adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- crític adj (extremely important)
- crític adj (relating to criticism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 关键的 adj (extremely important)
Czech
2 entries- kritický adj (inclined to find fault)
- kritický adj (of the point where a reaction becomes self-sustaining)
Dutch
4 entries- kritiek adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- kritiek adj (extremely important)
- kritiek adj (likely to go wrong)
- kritiek adj (of the point where a reaction becomes self-sustaining)
Esperanto
1 entries- kriza adj (extremely important)
Finnish
4 entries- arvosteleva adj (inclined to find fault)
- arvostelu adj (relating to criticism)
- kriittinen adj (inclined to find fault)
- kriittinen adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
French
2 entries- critique adj (inclined to find fault)
- critique adj (of the point where a reaction becomes self-sustaining)
German
4 entries- Kritik adj (relating to criticism)
- Kritiker adj (relating to criticism)
- bedenklich adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
- entscheidend adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
Greek
4 entries- επικριτικός adj (inclined to find fault)
- κρίσιμος adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- κρίσιμος adj (extremely important)
- κρίσιμος adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
Hebrew
1 entries- ביקורתי adj (inclined to find fault)
Hungarian
4 entries- bíráló adj (inclined to find fault)
- kritikai adj (relating to criticism)
- kritikus adj (inclined to find fault)
- kritikus adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
Icelandic
1 entries- krítískur adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
Indonesian
3 entries- kritis adj (inclined to find fault)
- kritis adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- kritis adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
Irish
4 entries- beachtaíoch adj (inclined to find fault)
- breithiúnach adj (inclined to find fault)
- criticiúil adj (relating to criticism)
- criticiúil adj (of the point where a reaction becomes self-sustaining)
Italian
4 entries- critico adj (inclined to find fault)
- critico adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- critico adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
- critico adj (likely to go wrong)
Japanese
4 entries- 危うい adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- 危うい adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
- 危ない adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- 危ない adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
Kazakh
3 entries- аумалы adj (of the point where a reaction becomes self-sustaining)
- сыни adj (relating to criticism)
- сыншыл adj (relating to criticism)
Khmer
1 entries- ដែលរកតែកំហុស adj (inclined to find fault)
Korean
2 entries- 비판적 adj (inclined to find fault)
- 비판적 adj (relating to criticism)
Latin
1 entries- sonticus adj (extremely important)
Māori
1 entries- kakawa adj (inclined to find fault)
Persian
4 entries- انتقادی adj (relating to criticism)
- ایرادگیر adj (inclined to find fault)
- بحرانی adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- حیاتی adj (extremely important)
Polish
1 entries- arcyważny adj (extremely important)
Portuguese
2 entries- crítico adj (inclined to find fault)
- crítico adj (extremely important)
Russian
4 entries- крити́ческий adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- крити́ческий adj (extremely important)
- крити́ческий adj (relating to criticism)
- перело́мный adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- prijélomnī adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
Sicilian
2 entries- crìticu adj (inclined to find fault)
- crìticu adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
Slovak
4 entries- dôležitý adj (extremely important)
- kritický adj (inclined to find fault)
- kritický adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- kritický adj (extremely important)
Slovene
1 entries- kritičnem adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
Spanish
4 entries- clave adj (extremely important)
- coyuntural adj (extremely important)
- crítico adj (inclined to find fault)
- crítico adj (extremely important)
Swedish
2 entries- kritisk adj (inclined to find fault)
- kritisk adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
Thai
4 entries- ขั้นวิกฤต adj (medicine: involving unstable vital signs)
- ชอบจับผิด adj (inclined to find fault)
- ภาวะวิกฤติ adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- วิกฤต adj (likely to go wrong)
Turkish
1 entries- kritik adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
Ukrainian
4 entries- крити́чний adj (inclined to find fault)
- крити́чний adj (pertaining to or indicating a crisis)
- крити́чний adj (extremely important)
- крити́чний adj (relating to criticism)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Your mother is in critical condition.
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Education is a critical element.
Source: tatoeba (19118)
The nurse told us not to enter the room because the patient was in a critical condition.
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