- faultfinding - tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding"
Antonym: nonjudgmental (indirect, via judgmental)
- captious, faultfinding - tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
Antonym: uncritical (indirect, via critical)
- faultfinding, carping - persistent petty and unjustified criticism
--1 is a kind of criticism, unfavorable judgment