as in critical
given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things
culinary purists who tend to be judgmental about home cooks who take shortcuts
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Recent Examples of judgmental
In season 4, Patience, the judgmental Puritan ghost, played by Mary Holland, was introduced, as well as Taylor Ortega as Joan, a screenwriter spirit from the 1940s.
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 9 May 2025
In that case, some felt the tone crossed a line and became overly judgmental.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
On April 29, entrepreneur, artist, and mental health advocate Tallulah Willis will take the stage at POSSIBLE, the premier marketing event in Miami, to share a simple but powerful philosphy about autism and autistic people: be curious, not judgmental.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Especially in mental health support, chatbots were seen as more understanding and less judgmental than human therapists.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 9 May 2025
In that case, some felt the tone crossed a line and became overly judgmental.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
On April 29, entrepreneur, artist, and mental health advocate Tallulah Willis will take the stage at POSSIBLE, the premier marketing event in Miami, to share a simple but powerful philosphy about autism and autistic people: be curious, not judgmental.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Especially in mental health support, chatbots were seen as more understanding and less judgmental than human therapists.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for judgmental
Adjective
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If successful, this repatriation could supercharge domestic innovation while depriving Western labs of critical expertise.—
Moin Roberts-Islam,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Beijing is the primary trading partner for many, but is also feared as a regional bully, in part due to its increasingly aggressive claims on natural resources such as critical fisheries.—
Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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While Pansy’s hypercritical diatribes can be hilarious at times, the emotional pain that clearly underlies her behavior is heartbreaking.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2025
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Especially as a woman online, a lot of people are so hypercritical of that sort of thing.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Oct. 2024
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“Judgmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judgmental. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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