HYPERCRITIC Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

hypercritic

noun

ˌhī-pər-ˈkri-tik

Definition of hypercritic

as in critic

a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults of course the hypercritics were quick to jump on the film for every time it deviated even slightly from the novel on which it was based

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Or that far too many critics just let the worst sort of mediocrity slide.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
But critics say the changes aim to solve problems that either don’t exist or don’t require such a blunt-force tool.

— Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

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