hypercritical

1. 1.

   inclined to judge too severely

   “hypercritical of colloquial speech”

   “the overcritical teacher can discourage originality”

   Synonymsovercritical

   Similarcritical

Questions about hypercritical

What does hypercritical mean?

hypercritical means "inclined to judge too severely".

How many syllables are in hypercritical?

hypercritical has 5 syllables: hy-per-crit-i-cal. The stress falls on "crit". In IPA it is /ˌhaɪpɚˈkɹɪtɪkəl/.

What is another word for hypercritical?

Close synonyms include overcritical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.