Criticism And Feedback Vocabulary

noun the act of criticizing or complaining about someone or something in a petty or nagging way

• His constant faultfinding makes it difficult to work with him.
• Stop being so faultfinding all the time, it's annoying.
• She's always nitpicking and faultfinding, it drives me crazy.
• Her faultfinding ways act like a dark cloud over our relationship.

noun a quality or state of being harsh; severity or strictness

adjective harsh

• The harshness of the punishment was meant to deter future crimes.
• I couldn't believe the harshness of her criticism towards him.
• The teacher's harshness towards us is totally uncalled for.
• The harshness of winter seemed to never end, with snow piling up higher and higher.

noun a group of people who criticize or make comments from a position of no authority or expertise

• The speaker ignored the comments from the peanut gallery and continued with their presentation.
• I could hear the peanut gallery whispering during the movie.
• Don't pay attention to the peanut gallery, they're just jealous.
• The critics in the peanut gallery always have something negative to say.

adjective giving moral advice in a tedious or self-righteous way

• The professor's lecture came off as too preachy and didactic.
• I don't like it when people get all preachy about what I should do with my life.
• Stop being so preachy, no one likes a know-it-all.
• Her constant preaching about the benefits of yoga was starting to feel a bit preachy to her friends.

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, in this case, 'unprofound' describes something that is not deep or profound

• The speaker's unprofound remarks failed to captivate the audience.
• I found his speech to be pretty unprofound, to be honest.
• His talk was so meh, totally unprofound.
• Her ideas were as deep as a puddle, utterly unprofound.