Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "censorious" ita ce: wuce gona da iri ko neman kuskure, sau da yawa a cikin rashin yarda ko rashin yarda. Yana iya komawa ga hali na yin hukunci ko hukunta wasu da kakkausan harshe, ko kuma yin matuƙar sokiyya wajen kimanta ayyukansu, halayensu, ko ra'ayoyinsu. Hakanan yana iya nuna halin neman laifi ko bayyana rashin yarda, sau da yawa ba tare da la'akari ko yaba wasu ra'ayoyi ko yanayi ba. Synonyms for "censorious" sun haɗa da m, gano kuskure, hypercritical, hukunci, da wuce gona da iri.