hypercritical

American  

[hahy-per-krit-i-kuhl] / ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.

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hypercritical British  

/ ˌhaɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl /

adjective

1. excessively or severely critical; carping; captious

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Other Word Forms

• hypercritic noun
• hypercritically adverb
• hypercriticism noun

Etymology

Origin of hypercritical

First recorded in 1595–1605; hyper- + critical

Example Sentences

I, on the other hand, can be nitpicky and hypercritical when I peruse the copy on the back of a cereal box.

From Los Angeles Times

I had a great group of people who were really hypercritical of it when the accent fell off, which wasn’t often because I worked hard.

From Los Angeles Times

Every run that Australia managed to eke out for their final wicket would have gnawed away at Bavuma who was, if we are being hypercritical, guilty of a slight captaincy misstep.

From BBC

“Being a current player you can’t really be too hypercritical or too nitpicky about either team because these are my teammates and these are also people I gotta see on the court still,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

“There were some really odd things, but I just thought maybe I was being hypercritical,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times