Censorious
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

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MUZZY
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"

BANAL
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

NASTY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

BLEAK
Offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"

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SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

CRITIC
A person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

BANNED
Forbidden by law

EDITED
Improved or corrected by critical editing; "the emended text"

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CHIDING
Rebuking a person harshly

BANEFUL
Exceedingly harmful

CARPING
Persistent petty and unjustified criticism

GROUCHY
Annoyed and irritable

CORKING
Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

ABUSIVE
Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

CUTTING
The act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

OVERSEA
Being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose"

MOCKING
Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

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OVERSEAS
Being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose"

BLEACHED
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde"

NARROWED
Reduced in size as by squeezing together; "his narrowed eyes"

CUTTABLE
Easy to cut or chew

ABRIDGED
(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

REJECTED
Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar"

CAPTIOUS
Tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

DOUBTING
Marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"

CAVILING

CRITICAL
Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; "critical acclaim"

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CULPATORY

NASTINESS
Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

CAVILLOUS

QUERULOUS
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

SATIRICAL
Exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

OFFENSIVE
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

SQUELCHED
Subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"

CUTANDDRY

NARROWING
The act of making something narrower

FORBIDDEN
Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

CONCEALED
Hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase"

SANITIZED
Made sanitary

PURIFYING
Acting like an antiseptic

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UNFRIENDLY
Not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly"

SUPPRESSED
Kept from public knowledge by various means;

CONDEMNING
Containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a condemnatory decree"

PROHIBITED
Forbidden by law

FORBIDDING
An official prohibition or edict against something

RESTRICTED
Subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance"

RESTRAINED
Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"

CONTROLLED
Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds; "controlled emotions"; "the controlled release of water from reservoirs"

REPRESSING
Restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"

DEROGATORY
Expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"

ACCUSATORY
Containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare"

EXPURGATED
Having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions"

SCRUPULOUS
Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

DENOUNCING

STERILIZED
Made infertile

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COMPLAINING
Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss"

ACRIMONIOUS
Marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

DELETERIOUS
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

REPROACHING

DISPARAGING
Expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"

RESTRICTING
Restricting the scope or freedom of action

CUTANDDRIED

CONTROLLING
Able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"

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CONDEMNATORY
Containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a condemnatory decree"

CONTROLLABLE
Capable of being controlled

OVERCRITICAL
Inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"

REPREHENDING

FAULTFINDING
Tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding"

DISAPPROVING
Expressing or manifesting disapproval

VITUPERATIVE
Marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

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CONSCIENTIOUS
Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

HYPERCRITICAL
Inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"

CONTROVERSIAL
Marked by or capable of arousing controversy; "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action"

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CONSCIENCELESS
Lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar"

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CONSCIENCESMITTEN