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hypercritic
[ hahy-per-krit-ik ]
/ ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪk /
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noun
a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
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How to use hypercritic in a sentence
As trousers, and as characteristic trousers, we defy the most captious hypercritic to urge anything against them.
Have thirty-eight years corrected my taste, or made me a hypercritic in these matters?
Rural Rides|William Cobbett