1
[ adjective ] tending to find and call attention to faults

Synonyms

captious

Examples

"a captious pedant" "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

Related terms

critical

2
[ adjective ] tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions

Examples

"a counselor tries not to be faultfinding"

Related terms

judgmental

3
[ noun ] persistent petty and unjustified criticism

Synonyms

carping

Related terms

criticism

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