| 单词 | hypercritical |
| 释义 | hypercritical (once / 31773 pages) adj Hypercritical describes someone who is full of complaints. That friend you love but avoid going to restaurant with because she thinks the burger is slightly cold, the fork's not shiny enough, the bread too bready? Definitely hypercritical. Make sure you don't mistake hypercritical for hypocritical. If you've ever felt hyper, you know it means "too much energy." So someone who is hypercritical puts too much energy into criticizing and judging. But if you're hypocritical, it means you don't live by the high standards you claim you have. Unfortunately, that means it's possible for a person to be both hypercritical and hypocritical. WORD FAMILYhypercritical: hypercritically+/critic: critical, criticise, criticize, critics/critical: acritical, criticality, critically, criticalness, criticism, hypercritical, noncritical, overcritical, supercritical, uncritical/criticise: criticised, criticises, criticising/criticism: criticisms, self-criticism/criticize: criticized, criticizes, criticizing/overcritical: overcritically/uncritical: uncritically USAGE EXAMPLESKaren is hypercritical of the school’s teachers, the curriculum, the kids and the other parents, either because they’re absent or overly involved. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “Every time I was sarcastic and hypercritical, if I detected it,” he says, “I would give myself a little ‘ouch, damn it, I hurt’ shock. Washington Post(Nov 21, 2016) He was exacting and hypercritical about his final masterpiece, in ways that tormented his most ardent and selfless friends. Washington Post(Sep 01, 2016) adj inclined to judge too severely hypercritical of colloquial speech Syn overcritical critical marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws |
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