| artificial | hypocritical, feigned, phony |
| both-sides | two-faced, double-dealing, hypocritical |
| carper | fault-finder, cynic, cavilling critic |
| censure | assessment, opinion, judgement, criticism |
| censure | judge critically, flaw, find fault with |
| comment | criticism, objection, carping remark |
| condemn | blame, criticize, censure |
| controller | detractor, censorious critic, slanderer |
| critic | censorious, carping, fault-finding |
| critical | censorious, judgemental, fault-finding |
| cynic | critic, fault-finder |
| discommend | find fault with, disapprove of, criticize |
| dispraisingly | disparagingly, critically, depreciatingly |
| dissembling | deceitful, hypocritical, false |
| exigent | time of necessity, critical moment |
| false-faced | hypocritical, sanctimonious |
| foul | false, hypocritical, shameful |
| hollowly | insincerely, hypocritically, deceitfully |
| judgement | expert, critic, judge |
| moraller | moralizer, self-critic |
| nice | critical, delicate, uncertain |
| nick | nick of time, critical moment |
| pass | predicament, juncture, critical point |
| push | climactic moment, critical time |
| sanctified | sanctimonious, hypocritical, deceiving |
| scan | judge, assess, criticize |
| shark up | [like a shark] gather together indiscriminately, collect hastily and uncritically |
| taxation | criticism, censure, slander |
| taxing | criticism, censure, reproof |
| unhappily | unfavourably, censoriously, critically |