3
difficult(adjective, fastidiousness)
3
disparaging(adjective, severe, harsh, cross, critical)
3
fastidious(adjective, fastidiousness)
3
hair-splitting(adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, censorious)
3
hairsplitting(adjective, critical)
3
harsh
3
nagging(adjective, severe, harsh, cross, critical)
3
picayune
3
picky
3
quibbling(critical, dissatisfied, disparaging, complaining, nit-picking)
3
small
2
analytical(adjective, critical)
2
belittling(adjective, critical)
2
biting(adjective, critical)
2
cavilling
2
censuring(adjective, critical)
2
choleric(adjective, critical)
2
condemnatory(adjective, opinion, description, judgement, judgmental)
2
cutting(adjective, critical)
2
delicate(adjective, fastidiousness)
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