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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. inclined to judge too severely;
- Example: "hypercritical of colloquial speech"
- Example: "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"
[syn: hypercritical, overcritical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hypercritical \Hy`per*crit"ic*al\, a.
   1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping;
      captious. "Hypercritical readers." --Swift.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Excessively nice or exact. --Evelyn.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hypercritical
    adj 1: inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of
           colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can
           discourage originality" [syn: hypercritical,
           overcritical]