Criticize synonyms
krĭt'ĭ-sīz'
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Part of speech:
To scold is to criticize, chastise or rebuke someone for something.
A critical, esp. unfavorable, comment (on or upon something)
The process of evaluating something or an instance of this
censorial
Relating to a censor
Excessively fastidious or scrupulous.
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To pursue a course of study:
(Usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
To inform or remind, by way of a warning
To speak abusively or contemptuously of; denounce scathingly
To have or show one's own understanding of the meaning of; construe
To make an inquiry about (something); investigate or examine:
censure (related)
Censure is defined as to criticize or judge in a harsh manner.
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To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
To perform as rap music:
(Intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
praise (related)
Praise is defined as to give someone approval, or to thank God.
critique (related)
To analyze and evaluate (a subject, literary work, etc.); criticize
The definition of criticise is another spelling of criticize, which means to find fault or scold.
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castigate (related)
condemn (related)
find fault with
To make adverse comments
To reprove (someone) severely, especially in a formal or official way.
analyze (related)
The definition of analyze means to separate a thing or idea into its parts in order to figure out all the nature and interrelationship of all the parts or to consider and evaluate a situation carefully.
examine (related)
To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises:
The definition of captious is a statement made for the purpose of creating an argument, or fond of finding the mistakes of others.
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The definition of censorious is harshly critical.
Relating to or constituting a climax.
Condemning; expressing condemnation, explicitly or implicitly
Including scholarly commentary and interpretation:
Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns; skeptical of the motives of others:
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
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Designating or of a postage stamp for regular use, issued for an unlimited period
dilemmatic
Likely to happen without delay; impending; often, specif., threatening, looming, etc.
Showing extreme care, precision, and punctiliousness
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The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
(Rare) A person or thing derided
An abusive, bitter, attack, or criticism: denunciation.
An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.
Scratches or cuts made by scarifying
An adverse remark or criticism:
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To criticize or disparage, often spitefully or unfairly:
(Informal) To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly:
Carp is defined as to find fault or nag unreasonably.
To object when there is little reason to do so; resort to trivial faultfinding; carp; quibble (at or about)
To punish, as for wrongdoing.
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To remark.
To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
To regard as unfortunate or wretched
To lessen the price or value of:
To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way.
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To hasten; spring:
fulminate against
To write a critical report on
To criticize harshly:
To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument:
To make a violent verbal attack; talk or write bitterly (against); rail
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Judge is defined as to decide on or form an opinion about something.
To improve the morals of; reform.
To punish by placing in a pillory
To blame or scold in a sharp way; reprimand
To accuse of and blame for a fault so as to make feel ashamed; rebuke; reprove
To reject
To make incisions in the coats of (seeds) in order to hasten germination
To wither; sear
To hit something with force; crash:
Slur is defined as to speak unclearly, to speak quickly, or to not pronounce words distinctly.
Upbraid is defined as to condemn or criticize severely.
Vituperate is defined as to speak meanly about someone or something.
guess (antonym)
To form a judgment or estimate of (something) without actual knowledge or enough facts for certainty; conjecture; surmise
estimate (antonym)
To calculate approximately (the amount, extent, magnitude, position, or value of something).
suppose (antonym)
To imagine; conjecture.
approve (antonym)
(Intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
laud (antonym)
To give praise to; glorify.
compliment (antonym)
To present something to (a person) as an act of politeness or respect
opinion (related)
(Archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
words (related)
To write a critical report on
To speak out against strongly and openly; denounce
(Idiomatic, sports) To overcome by skilled execution.
deride (related)
lambaste (related)
vilify (related)
discredit (related)
denigrate (related)
To look at very carefully; examine closely; inspect minutely
To denounce harshly
To subject to a formal inspection, especially a military inspection.
To find fault with; blame or criticize
Find another word for criticize. In this page you can discover 106 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for criticize, like: scold, animadversion, reprehend, evaluation, crucial, censorial, squeamish, study, blame, admonish and execrate.
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