harsh critic

collocation in English

meaningsofharshandcritic

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harsh
adjective
uk
/hɑːʃ/us
/hɑːrʃ/
unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than ...
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critic
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪk/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪk/
someone who says that they do not approve of someone ...
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(Definition ofharshandcriticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I say that not as aharshcriticbut as a friend of the police.
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He was aharshcriticof dead knowledge disconnected from practical human life.
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Afterward the duke became aharshcriticof the archduke.
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He was also aharshcriticof evangelicalism, condemning it as individualistic and otherworldly.
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One need not be aharshcriticof aerial spraying to admit that spraying such an extensive area with this chemical must have some impact.
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Redfield was aharshcriticof his own art.
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He was aharshcriticof the legal profession, which he described as a high-class racket.
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Cecil became aharshcritic, commenting that the foci were anything readily accessible to surgery.
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One particularlyharshcriticsaid that he was a mean mercenary, who, having adopted a cause for the sake of plunder, quits it when convicted of that charge.
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Dunn was a demanding teacher and at times aharshcritic.
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Butler became aharshcriticof the album, not just from a production standpoint, but the overall musicianship.
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Even then it was not without its harsh critics, for it was regarded by many as damaging memory, imagination and understanding.
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