judgy

• judgey

From judge +‎ -y, late 2000s.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌdʒi

judgy (comparative judgier, superlative judgiest)

1. (informal) Inclined to make (disapproving) judgments; judgmental.
   • 2009, MaryJane Morrison, “Signs of Doom”, in Barbara Davilman, Liz Dubelman, editors, What Was I Thinking?: 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 94:

     But when he just announced, matter-of-factly, that he really liked pot, and hash, and acid, and speed, and meth, and coke, well…it kind of seemed like, I don't know, everybody has a hobby. I shouldn't be so judgy.

   • 2011, Megan McCafferty, Bumped, page 276:

     I can't blame her for thinking this way. Because until very recently, I had bought into it all too. “Don't get all judgy, Mel," she says.

   • 2012, Anne Regan, Animal Magnetism, page 126:

     Riley lowered his eyebrows and crossed his arms and tried to look non-judgy even if he felt a little judgy.

   • 2025 May 23, Jancee Dunn, “How to Stop Being So Judgy”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     How to Stop Being So Judgy [title]