The meaning of CRITICAL is inclined to criticize severely and unfavorably. How to use critical in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Critical.

critical adjective (GIVING OPINIONS) giving or relating to opinions or judgments on books, plays, films, etc.

adjective inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily. Parents who are too critical make their children anxious.

If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill. Ten of the injured are said to be in critical condition.

2025年9月17日 · (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.

inclined to find fault or to judge severely: remarks far too critical of the queen. of or relating to critics or criticism:[before a noun] a critical edition of Chaucer.

If you are critical of someone or something, you show that you disapprove of them. When critical has this meaning, it can be used in front of a noun or after a linking verb.

The adjective critical has several meanings, among them, "vital," "verging on emergency," "tending to point out errors," and "careful."

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