You are too critical of others' shortcomings.
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Critical
/ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl/
Synonyms for "critical" (412 found)
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Closest matches (83)
Adjective(21 words)
vitalacademic dissentacute observeracutestaesthetic attributeaesthetic practiceanalytical descriptoranalytical techniquebig ideablamefulcompelling casecompelling direct evidencecondemnatorycritical historiographycrucialcrucial evidencecrucial factorcrucial momentcultural critiquedecisive
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defining moment
Noun(13 words)
analyzingboondogglingcabinet member rolecabinet-level officialscommentatingcorecost-benefit frameworkcritical legal studiescriticizingcrucial decisioncultural practice normscultural studiesdecrying
Strong matches (123)
deprecatorydepreciatingdepreciativedepreciatorydesperatedestructivedetaileddeterminativedifferentialdifficiledifficultdirediscerningdiscoursivediscriminatediscriminatingdiscriminativedisparagingdisquisitionaldissertational
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distinctivedistinguishingeditorialeducatedelucidativeemergentenlighteningessayisticessenceessentialeuhemeristicexactexactingexegeticexemplificativeexigentexplainingexplanatoryexplicativeexplicatoryexplosiveexpositiveexpositorialexpositoryexquisitefastidiousfatefulfault-findingfaultfindingfinefinicalfinickingfinickyformidablefraught with dangerfretfulfundamentalfussyglossarialgravegreathairsplittinghairyhardhard earnedhard foughthard-earnedhard-foughtheavyherculeanhigh-pressurehigh-priorityhumblinghypercriticalilluminatingilluminativeillustrativeimperativeimperiousimportantincisiveinsistentinstant
Noun(11 words)
determinant formuladissectingemergencyemergency numberemergency policyemergency situationemergency-number listfaultingfictionalizingfreethinkinggathering storm
Adjective(26 words)
direrdisdainfuldystopianemergency procedureenvironmental education viewessentialessential nutrientessential partessential skills prioritizationevaluativeevaluative adjectiveevaluative term listexegeticalfatal omissionfaultfindinggravegrave demeanorgravesthands on inquiryhigh priority
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Verb(3 words)
Related words (206)
Noun(34 words)
interrogatingjugularkey featurelifesavingliterary analysisliterary elementliterary studiesload bearing beamload bearing framemisrulingmore turning-pointmost essential datamost pivotalnaysayingoral historiespivot momentpolicy critiquepolitical critiquepriority codepriority concerns
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protestingpublic persuasionreading understandingrebukingreproofingreviewingrising tidescrutinizing eyesocinianstudied artsubversivetrade routesturning-point changeturning-point change metric
intricatejaundicedjawbreakingjeopardousjudgementaljudgmentaljudicativejudicialjudiciaryjudiciousjuridicjuridicaljuristickairotickeyknottedknottylaboriouslandmarkloaded
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loweringmainmajormeanmenacingmeticulousminutemomentousmonitorymonographicnaggingnarrownastynervousnicenigglingno picnicnot easyon slippery groundon thin iceoperoseovercriticalparlousparticularpeevishpenetratingperfectionistperfectionisticpericulousperilouspersonalpettifoggingpickypivotalprecariouspreciseprecisianisticprecisionisticpregnantpressingpriggishprudishpunctiliouspunctualpuristicpuritanicpuritanicalquerulousquibblingrationalisticrationalizingrefinedreligiousreproachfulrigidrigorousroughruggedsagacioussarcasticscholiasticscorchingscrupulousscrutinizingselectivesensitiveseriousset with thornsseveresignificantslipperyslippysorespinysqueamishstaplesteepsternstrategicstrenuousstrictsubtlesuperficialtactfulthornythreateningticklishtighttoilsometouch-and-gotouchytoughtrichoschistictrickyuglyultracriticaluncertainunderlyinguphillurgentvitalvituperativeweightywicked
Adjective(43 words)
italian opposizionejudgmentalkantiankeykey argumentkey determinantkey factlife threateningliterary piecemain systemmajor releasemajor turning pointsmaterial breachoverambitiousparamountpessimisticphilologicalpivotal turning pointpivotal turning-pointpolitical art theory
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political commentary artprecariouspressing issuereasoning-basedrevisionist historiographyscarcestscepticalscornfulserious consequencesserious earthly concernssimplisticstrategic goalstextual exampleuncomplimentaryunconscious bias researchunflatteringunfriendlyunimpressedurgent issueurgent matterurgent needurgent requestvital care
Determiner(1 words)
most turning-point
Preposition(1 words)
of prime importance
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
5 entriescritical differencecritical factorcritical momentcritical periodcritical thinking
Inflections
2 entriesmore criticalmost critical
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
23 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- քննական adj (relating to criticism)
Bulgarian
1 entries- критичен adj (relating to criticism)
Catalan
1 entries- crític adj (relating to criticism)
Dutch
1 entries- kritisch adj (relating to criticism)
Finnish
2 entries- arvostelu- adj (relating to criticism)
- kriittinen adj (of temperature)
German
2 entries- Kritik- adj (relating to criticism)
- Kritiker- adj (relating to criticism)
Greek
1 entries- κριτικός adj (relating to criticism)
Hungarian
1 entries- kritikai adj (relating to criticism)
Irish
2 entries- criticiúil adj (relating to criticism)
- cáinteach adj (relating to criticism)
Italian
1 entries- critico adj (of temperature)
Kazakh
2 entries- сыни adj (relating to criticism)
- сыншыл adj (relating to criticism)
Korean
1 entries- 비판적 adj (relating to criticism)
Persian
1 entries- انتقادی adj (relating to criticism)
Russian
1 entries- крити́ческий adj (relating to criticism)
Slovak
2 entries- kritický adj (relating to criticism)
- kritický adj (of temperature)
Spanish
1 entries- crítico adj (relating to criticism)
Thai
1 entries- เกี่ยวกับการวิจารณ์ adj (relating to criticism)
Ukrainian
1 entries- 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.
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The nurse told us not to enter the room because the patient was in a critical condition.
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Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.