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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to criticize:   (184 results)

Antonyms:
praise

Often used in the same context:
lambast, lambaste, chastise, castigate, denounce, chide, berate, excoriate, condemn, decry, laud, accuse, deride, assail, vilify, complain, scold, badmouth, denigrate, disagree, disparage, demonize, belittle, rebuking, poke fun, pilloried, crucify, admonish, praising, upbraid, embarrass, apologize, chastize, blame, deplore, ridiculing, punish, argue, railed, espouse, endorse, impugn, oppose, disavow, faulted, applaud, despise, mocked, revile, resent, extol, acknowledge, penalize, disinvite, reproved, speak, heckle, bemoan, inveigh, critiqued, dislike, demean, begrudge, displease, nitpick, lionize, defended, grumble, reproached, antagonize, cite, opine, meddle, admit, gloat, detest, agree, deny, moralize, admire, concede, censuring, groused, talk, say, demonizing, sympathize, irked, slagged, insist, assert, micromanage, misunderstand, discredit, repudiate, condone, editorialize, ostracize, scoff, refute, pussyfooting, naysay, believe, docs, excel, serve, 1s, advanced, affirm, approximate, articulate, be, beg, can, con, correspond, derive, derives, direct, disappearing, dwell, express

More specific:
admonish, assail, assault, attack, bawl out, belabor, belabour, belittle, berate, blame, censure, check, chew out, chew up, chide, come down, criminate, denounce, deplore, disparage, dress down, find fault, find fault with, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lash out, lecture, nitpick, pick, pick at, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproof, reprove, round, savage, scold, snipe

Appears in the definition of:
come down, confront, crucify, face, flame, fulminate, narrow-mindedness, narrowness, nitpick, pillory, present, rail, rip, savage, second-guess

More general:
judge

Synonyms:
criticise, pick apart

Also try:
— Adjectives for criticize: self, many, most, less, few, first, same, particular, second, general, former, more...

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