marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm |
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment | shockingly brutal or cruel |
being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency | of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought |
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction | causing or marked by grief or anguish |
of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism | |
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | |
urgently needed; absolutely necessary | |