marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws | (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose |
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment | not encouraging or approving or pleasing |
being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency | involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness |
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction | |
of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism | |
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | |
urgently needed; absolutely necessary | |