Synonyms of the word

critical

• adj. Inclined to find fault or criticize; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.
• adj. Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
• adj. Extremely important.
• adj. Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
• adj. (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition…
• adj. Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
• adj. Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes…
• n. A critical value, factor, etc.
• n. In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.

acute

• adj. Urgent.
• adj. Sensitive.
• adj. Short, quick, brief.
• adj. (geometry) Of an angle, less than 90 degrees.
• adj. (geometry) Of a triangle, having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
• adj. (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at a apex or base).
• adj. (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense…
• adj. (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply…
• adj. (orthography, after a letter) Having an acute accent.
• adj. High or shrill.
• n. (orthography) An acute accent.
• n. A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
• v. (phonetics) To give an acute sound to.

appraising

• v. present participle of appraise.
• n. (Scotland, law, historical) Alternative form of apprising.

blistering

• v. present participle of blister.
• adj. Causing blisters.
• adj. Very hot.
• adj. Harsh or corrosive.
• adj. Very aggressive.
• adj. Very fast.
• n. (medicine, veterinary) The practice of forming blisters on the skin, to promote blood flow and aid healing.

captious

• adj. (obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading…
• adj. Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.

carping

• v. present participle of carp.
• adj. complaining excessively.
• n. Excessive complaining.

caviling

• v. present participle of cavil.
• n. cavilation.

censorious

• adj. Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their…
• adj. Implying or expressing censure.

crucial

• adj. Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.
• adj. (archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
• adj. (slang, chiefly Jamaica) Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.

dangerous

• adj. Full of danger.
• adj. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
• adj. (colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
• adj. (obsolete) Hard to suit; difficult to please.
• adj. (obsolete) Reserved; not affable.

decisive

• adj. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy;…
• adj. Marked by promptness and decision.

deprecative

• adj. Tending to deprecate; disapproving.

desperate

• adj. Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.
• adj. Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
• adj. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
• adj. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
• adj. Extremely intense.
• adj. In need of something very much.

dire

• adj. Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
• adj. Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
• adj. Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
• adj. (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.

discerning

• v. present participle of discern.
• adj. Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.
• n. discernment.

discriminative

• adj. which has the ability to discriminate between things; or which imparts such ability.
• adj. (of an element, feature, attribute, etc.) which serves to distinguish its bearer.

evaluative

• adj. Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event.
• adj. judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation.

faultfinding

• n. Excessive or petty criticism.
• adj. Tending to find fault.

grave

• n. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
• n. Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
• n. death, destruction.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To dig.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice…
• adj. (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.
• adj. Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful, sombre.
• adj. Low in pitch, tone etc.
• adj. Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
• n. A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent.

grievous

• adj. Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
• adj. Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

hypercritical

• adj. Meticulously or excessively critical.

important

• adj. Having relevant and crucial value.

indispensable

• adj. (ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption;…
• adj. (of duties, rules etc.) Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored.
• adj. Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
• n. A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.
• n. (in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers.

judicial

• adj. Of or relating to the administration of justice.
• adj. Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
• adj. Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
• n. That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration…

life-threatening

• adj. Endangering the continued life of the subject.

nitpicking

• n. The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
• n. (figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly…

overcritical

• adj. Excessively critical.

pettifogging

• v. present participle of pettifog.
• n. pettifoggery.

quibbling

• v. present participle of quibble.
• n. petty argument.

sarcastic

• adj. Containing sarcasm.
• adj. (of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.

scalding

• adj. (of a liquid) Hot enough to burn.
• v. present participle of scald.
• n. An instance of scalding: a burn.
• n. (numismatics, historical) Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn…

scathing

• adj. harshly or bitterly critical.
• adj. harmful or painful; acerbic.
• v. present participle of scathe.

scholarly

• adj. Of or relating to scholars or scholarship.
• adv. (US) In a scholarly manner.

serious

• adj. Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; solemn.
• adj. Important; weighty; not insignificant.
• adj. Really intending what is said; in earnest; not jocular or deceiving.

severe

• adj. Very bad or intense.
• adj. Strict or harsh.
• adj. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

supercritical

• adj. (physics) (of a gas) Above its critical temperature and critical pressure.
• adj. (physics) Having a mass sufficient to sustain a chain reaction.
• adj. (aerodynamics) Above the speed of sound.
• adj. Above some other critical value or range.

unfavorable

• adj. Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
• adj. (of a belief, state of mind, etc) Not favorable, disapproving.
• adj. (of wind or weather) Causing obstacles or delay; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.
• adj. Not auspicious; ill-boding.

unfavourable

• adj. not approved of.
• adj. (of wind or weather) opposing or hindering.

vital

• adj. Relating to, or characteristic of life.
• adj. Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
• adj. Invigorating or life-giving.
• adj. Necessary to continued existence.
• adj. Relating to the recording of life events.
• adj. Very important.
• adj. Containing life; living.
• adj. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

vituperative

• adj. Marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.