CENSORIOUS
Cen*so"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See
Censor.]
1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors. Watts.
2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.
Syn.
— Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe; condemnatory;
hypercritical.
— Cen*so"ri*ous*ly, adv.
— Cen*so"ri*ous*ness, n.
CENSORSHIP
Cen"sor*ship, n.
Defn: The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship.
Holland.
The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship.
Macaulay.
CENSUAL
Cen"su*al, a. Etym: [L. censualis, fr. census.]
Defn: Relating to, or containing, a census.
He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R.
Baker.
CENSURABLE
Cen"sur*a*ble, a.
Defn: Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a
censurable person, or censurable conduct.
— Cen"sur*a*bleness, n.
— Cen"sur*a*bly, adv.