12
admonitory(adjective, cautionary)
10
reproving(adjective, critical, censorious)
10
undeserving
8
admonishing
7
critical(adjective, severe, harsh, offensive, unsympathetic)
7
disparaging(adjective, severe, harsh, offensive, rude)
7
vituperative(adjective, offensive, rude, disapprobation, scornful)
5
abusive(adjective, rude, disapprobation, scornful, contemptuous)
5
contemptuous
4
censorious(adjective, severe, harsh, offensive, rude)
4
condemnatory(adjective, disapprobation, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic)
4
accusing(adjective, critical, nit-picking, censorious, exceptive)
4
damnatory
4
disapproving
4
hypercritical(adjective, severe, harsh, critical, demanding)
4
upbraiding
3
bitter
3
censuring
3
denunciatory
3
deprecatory(adjective, offensive, disparaging, uncomplimentary, unflattering)
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