judgmental

[ juhj-men-tl ]

adjective

1. involving the use or exercise of judgment.
2. tending to make quick and excessively critical judgments, especially moral ones:

   to avoid a judgmental approach in dealing with divorced couples.

judgmental

/ dʒʌdʒˈmɛntəl /

adjective

1. of or denoting an attitude in which judgments about other people's conduct are made

Other Words From

• judg·mental·ly adverb
• unjudg·mental adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of judgmental¹

First recorded in 1905–10; judgment + -al ¹

Example Sentences

“I think, at this point, I was maybe a little judgmental of the guys who went to LIV Golf at the start, and I think it was a bit of a mistake on my part because I now realize that not everyone is in my position or in Tiger Woods’ position,” McIlroy told the “Stick to Football” podcast in January.

From Los Angeles Times

Reality TV offers us a safe space to be judgmental, and “Love Is Blind” offers us an expansive, cushioned one.

From Salon

It’s a fish-out-of-water comedy although, to Mahesh and Sudha, it is their neighbors who are backward and judgmental, especially Megan Hilty’s busty Janice Mills, the smiling, backstabbing conservative Christian next door.

From Salon

This is an uncharacteristically bold assertion for any author, much less Woodward, who, throughout his 50-year career, has been the less judgmental half of the Woodward and Bernstein team that broke the Watergate scandal and brought down Richard Nixon.

From Slate

Murphy and his co-creators could have used any denomination's religious institutional hypocrisy, but the Catholic church is irresistibly theatrical and has a track record of sex scandals and being judgmental.

From Salon

Related Words

• subjective