captious+censor
1censor — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, annotator, asphyxiate, belittler, black out, bleach, blip, blot out, blue pencil, bottle up, bowdlerize, cancel, captious critic, carper, caviler, censurer, choke off, clamp down on, clean up,… …
2Hypercritic — Hy per*crit ic, n. [Pref. hyper + critic: cf. F. hypercritique.] One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor. Hypercritics in English poetry. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
3carper — n. Caviller, censurer, captious censor …
4critic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. judge, connoisseur, expert, reviewer, commentator; censor, censurer. See detraction, taste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who makes adverse comments] Syn. faultfinder, carper, caviler, censor, censurer,… …
5critic — Synonyms and related words: advertising writer, aficionado, allegorist, amateur, annalist, annotator, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, art critic, author, authoress, authority, belittler, belletrist, bibliographer, bon vivant,… …
6Censorious — Cen*so ri*ous, a. [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. [1913 Webster] A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be …
7Censoriously — Censorious Cen*so ri*ous, a. [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. [1913 Webster] A dogmatical spirit inclines… …
8Censoriousness — Censorious Cen*so ri*ous, a. [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. [1913 Webster] A dogmatical spirit inclines… …
9Censure — Not to be confused with Censer, Censor (disambiguation), or Sensor. A censure (  /ˈsɛ …
10cognoscente — Synonyms and related words: aesthete, amateur, annotator, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, authority, bon vivant, captious critic, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, collector, commentator, commenter, connaisseur, connoisseur,… …