Criticize synonyms
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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
To pursue a course of study:
To make an inquiry about (something); investigate or examine:
To look at very carefully; examine closely; inspect minutely
Censure is defined as to criticize or judge in a harsh manner.
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.
The definition of captious is a statement made for the purpose of creating an argument, or fond of finding the mistakes of others.
censorial
Relating to a censor
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.
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
Excessively fastidious or scrupulous.
The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
The definition of a critique is a review of something.
(Rare) A person or thing derided
An abusive, bitter, attack, or criticism: denunciation.
An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.
scarification
Scratches or cuts made by scarifying
An adverse remark or criticism:
To inform or remind, by way of a warning
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 punish or rebuke severely.
To object when there is little reason to do so; resort to trivial faultfinding; carp; quibble (at or about)
To punish, as for wrongdoing.
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.
(Obs.) To announce, esp. in a menacing way
To regard as unfortunate or wretched
To lessen the price or value of:
To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way.
To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises:
To speak abusively or contemptuously of; denounce scathingly
To hasten; spring:
fulminate against
To write a critical report on
To criticize harshly:
To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument:
To have or show one's own understanding of the meaning of; construe
To make a violent verbal attack; talk or write bitterly (against); rail
Judge is defined as to decide on or form an opinion about something.
(Colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
To improve the morals of; reform.
To yield gold in this process
To punish by placing in a pillory
To utter sharply:
To blame or scold in a sharp way; reprimand
To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone).
To reject
To subject to a formal inspection, especially a military inspection.
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.
praise (antonym)
Praise is defined as to give someone approval, or to thank God.
compliment (antonym)
To present something to (a person) as an act of politeness or respect
Responsibility for something meriting censure.
To force (someone) to experience, endure, or do something:
opinion (related)
(Archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
words (related)
To write a critical report on
To find fault (with something)
(Idiomatic, sports) To overcome by skilled execution.
To denounce harshly
To find fault with; blame or criticize
To speak out against strongly and openly; denounce
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