3
belittling(adjective, severe, harsh, offensive, critical)
3
biting(adjective, severe, harsh, unfriendly, bitter)
3
blameful
3
calumniatory(adjective, severe, harsh, critical, demanding)
3
caustic(adjective, severe, speech, unfriendly, bitter)
3
caviling(adjective, severe, harsh, cross, critical)
3
complaining(adjective, severe, difficult, critical, dissatisfied)
3
contemptuous
3
cynical(adjective, disapprobation)
3
demanding(adjective, severe, harsh, cross, critical)
3
deprecating(adjective, opinion, description, characterization, judgement)
3
derisive
3
derisory
3
fastidious(disapprobation, fastidiousness)
3
hidebound(adjective, severe)
3
judgmental(adjective, severe, harsh, critical, unfavorable)
3
precise(adjective, severe)
3
prudish(adjective, severe)
3
puritanical(adjective, severe)
3
rigid(adjective, severe)
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