Harshly critical (8)
(Other definitions for censorious that I've seen before include "Severely critical" , "making moral judgments?" , "Fault-finding" , "Blaming" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">harshly critical</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for scathing that I've seen before include "Acid" , "Harshly critical" , "Severely critical" , "Painful" , "Scornfully critical" .)