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词汇 hypercritical
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Definition of hypercritical in English:

hypercritical

adjectivehʌɪpəˈkrɪtɪk(ə)lˌhaɪpərˈkrɪdək(ə)l
  • Excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults.

    (尤指对小过错)吹毛求疵的,苛求的

    he was a sarcastic, hypercritical man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Johnson thinks citizens are being hypercritical of the police to deflect attention from themselves.
    • Why should anyone care if Hollywood occasionally forgets to be hypercritical about American history?
    • I read in one of your answers how it only makes things worse to be hypercritical.
    • However, I don't want be hypercritical and only point out the problem.
    • How can they be so hypercritical regarding democratic rights?
    • Arthur, even with the sometimes hypercritical nature of Ray's lyrics, is simply an album of wondrous moments.
    • ‘It's all hypercritical when you think about,’ he adds.
    • A perfect game of golf has never been played, but he was hypercritical.
    • Brooks’ coaching style was hypercritical and merciless, overworking his players to the point that they vomited blood.
    • I was really hypercritical and baffled about not knowing that to do with the I way I sounded.
    • Moore's brief doesn't understand this, and so it ends up making silly, hypercritical arguments.
    • And here I was, hypercritical as ever, wondering if I really wanted him to go after Amy again.
    • When not hypercritical, women often deny that there's any truth to female intra-gender cruelties.
    • I suppose it was hypercritical of me to say, after everything I had done, everything we had been through over the past months.
    • Some are hypercritical, dwelling only on their mistakes.
    • Their pride, anger, and hypercritical attitude made them far more unclean than the disciples.
    • You can be bored, scared, hypercritical, injured by a mascara wand or half-asleep, and nobody will be any the wiser.
    • He arrived with unbelievable natural talent and athleticism, yet he was still hypercritical of himself.
    • A Gemini Moon also tends to make these natives hypercritical.
    • As we grow increasingly self-righteous and hypercritical, we stumble into the ‘martyr trap.’
    Synonyms
    carping, captious, overcritical, fault-finding, hair-splitting, cavilling, niggling, quibbling, pedantic, pettifogging, fussy, finicky, over-censorious, over-exacting, over-rigorous, over-particular, over-strict
    informal picky, nitpicking, pernickety
    Scottish &amp Irish pass-remarkable
    North American informal persnickety
    archaic nice, overnice

Derivatives

  • hypercritically

  • adverb
    • What I hadn't done is take a look at it as hypercritically as I do the poor saps who end up on G&F.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But we in this country are not entitled to read him hypercritically.
      • Try stepping outside yourself and look at your resume hypercritically, as an employer looking to hire you would.
      • With this in mind, the avionics departments looked hypercritically at the prospect of buying new equipment.
      • However, hypercritically, the US does not respect these rules for imports from the EU.

Rhymes

analytical, apolitical, critical, cryptanalytical, diacritical, eremitical, geopolitical, hypocritical, political, socio-political, subcritical

Definition of hypercritical in US English:

hypercritical

adjectiveˌhaɪpərˈkrɪdək(ə)lˌhīpərˈkridək(ə)l
  • Excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults.

    (尤指对小过错)吹毛求疵的,苛求的

    he was a sarcastic, hypercritical man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Johnson thinks citizens are being hypercritical of the police to deflect attention from themselves.
    • I read in one of your answers how it only makes things worse to be hypercritical.
    • Moore's brief doesn't understand this, and so it ends up making silly, hypercritical arguments.
    • Why should anyone care if Hollywood occasionally forgets to be hypercritical about American history?
    • Some are hypercritical, dwelling only on their mistakes.
    • When not hypercritical, women often deny that there's any truth to female intra-gender cruelties.
    • He arrived with unbelievable natural talent and athleticism, yet he was still hypercritical of himself.
    • A perfect game of golf has never been played, but he was hypercritical.
    • How can they be so hypercritical regarding democratic rights?
    • Their pride, anger, and hypercritical attitude made them far more unclean than the disciples.
    • I suppose it was hypercritical of me to say, after everything I had done, everything we had been through over the past months.
    • However, I don't want be hypercritical and only point out the problem.
    • Brooks’ coaching style was hypercritical and merciless, overworking his players to the point that they vomited blood.
    • I was really hypercritical and baffled about not knowing that to do with the I way I sounded.
    • And here I was, hypercritical as ever, wondering if I really wanted him to go after Amy again.
    • Arthur, even with the sometimes hypercritical nature of Ray's lyrics, is simply an album of wondrous moments.
    • You can be bored, scared, hypercritical, injured by a mascara wand or half-asleep, and nobody will be any the wiser.
    • ‘It's all hypercritical when you think about,’ he adds.
    • As we grow increasingly self-righteous and hypercritical, we stumble into the ‘martyr trap.’
    • A Gemini Moon also tends to make these natives hypercritical.
    Synonyms
    carping, captious, overcritical, fault-finding, hair-splitting, cavilling, niggling, quibbling, pedantic, pettifogging, fussy, finicky, over-censorious, over-exacting, over-rigorous, over-particular, over-strict
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