censorious

Modifying Another Word

• not: The truth is that most ordinary people are not censorious about the sexual behavior of others considered purely in itself.
• rather: And, of course, you are rather censorious.

Modifies a noun

• prude: After all, in times of crisis the nation has always looked to censorious self-important half-witted prudes for guidance.
• attitude: While recent behaviouristic psychology could not countenance such notions, a less censorious attitude is emerging.
• tone: Putting on the censorious tones of an elder sister, she replied: " How utterly disgusting of you!
• mind: The censorious mind works from the assumption that unpleasant things are better hidden away.
• authority: Potter's satire on censorious authority may be ludicrously overstated.
• control: They are just a bunch of censorious control freaks.

Used with adjective complement

• become: We can become censorious, looking for faults in everyone else that doesn't look or sound like us.