critical, hypercritical, faultfinding, captious, carping, censorious mean inclined to look for and point out faults and defects. critical may also imply an effort to see a thing clearly and truly in order to judge it fairly.
// a critical essay hypercritical suggests a tendency to judge by unreasonably strict standards.
//hypercritical disparagement of other people's work faultfinding implies a querulous or exacting temperament.
// a faultfinding reviewer captious suggests a readiness to detect trivial faults or raise objections on trivial grounds.
// a captious critic carping implies an ill-natured or perverse picking of flaws.
// a carping editorial censorious implies a disposition to be severely critical and condemnatory.
// the censorious tone of the review