Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "hypercritical" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

anal-retentive choosy conscientious dainty exacting fastidious finical finicking finickity finicky finikin fussy lily-handed meticulous niggly nit-picky nitpickish nitty overcritical overscrupulous particular pedantic pernickety persnickety picky

Derived Terms

hypercritical point hypercritically hypercriticalness

Derived From

critical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

critical overcritical

Related Terms

hypercriticism hypercriticize supercritical

Related Terms

critical

Similar Terms

critical critical

Synonym Network

overcritical

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