if and only if (conjunction) providing/provided: as long as; with the understanding
Sinonime: analytical, belittling,
biting, calumniatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, censuring,
choleric, condemning,
critic,
cutting,
cynical,
demanding, demeaning,
derogatory, diagnostic, disapproving,
discerning, discriminating, disparaging,
exacting, exceptive,
finicky,
fussy, hairsplitting, humbling, hypercritical, lowering, nagging, niggling, nit-picking, overcritical,
particular,
penetrating, reproachful,
sarcastic,
satirical, scolding, severe,
sharp,
trenchant, withering
Antonime: complimentary, laudatory, praising