[ adj ] harshly critical or expressing censure <adj.all> was censorious of petty failings
Censorious \Cen*so"ri*ous\, a. [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See {Censor}.] 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors. --Watts.
2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.
The moralists who see Mr. Hart as wronged, columnist Anthony Lewis, for example, have often been among the most censorious toward embattled Reagan administration officials.
They had to cope with a censorious Mrs Grundy who had total sway over what could and could not be described.
Even governments that were censorious if not hostile only last week are now congratulating the Shamir government for its restraint.