Словарь синонимов английского языка - critical

(adj) 1. carping, fault-finding, censorious, disparaging, depreciatory or depreciative, depreciating, deprecatori or deprecative, deprecating, judgemental: The article was highly critical of the council. 2. crucial, important, essential, basic, key, decisive, pivotal, vital, momentous: The meeting at the bank will be critical for us. 3. grave, serious, dangerous, uncertain, perilous, severe, touch-and-go, ticklish, sensitive, touchy, Colloq parlous* His illness has reached the critical stage.