judgmental

especially British, judge·men·tal

[juhj-men-tl]

adjective

1. involving the use or exercise of judgment.

2. tending to make quick and excessively critical judgments, especially moral ones.

   to avoid a judgmental approach in dealing with divorced couples.

judgmental

/ dʒʌdʒˈmɛntəl /

adjective

1. of or denoting an attitude in which judgments about other people's conduct are made

Other Word Forms

• judgmentally adverb
• unjudgmental adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of judgmental¹

First recorded in 1905–10; judgment + -al ¹

Example Sentences

I’m cautious, and that makes me feel judgmental.

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We could call that bad conscience, but why be judgmental?

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There is "an increasingly judgmental discourse among parents," she argued.

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Super scary, and we love being judgmental of the parenting done by the one couple that have their kids there with them.

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For other patients, judgmental remarks from providers aggravate the effects of physical pain by making patients feel ashamed of or even responsible for it.

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Related Words

• subjective