modified
Critical
faultfinding, carping, caviling; see critical 2, sarcastic, severe 1.
Tricky
wily, subtle, sophistical; see confusing, sly 1. See syn. study at critical.
See captious in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
Inclined to judge too severely:
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