Words and phrases that have a meaning related to criticize: (171 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:
assault, attack, bawl out, belabor, belabour, censure, check, chew out, chew up, come down, criminate, dress down, find fault, find fault with, have words, jaw, lash out, lecture, pick, pick at, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproof, reprove, round, savage, 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:
Also try:criticise, pick apart
— Adjectives for criticize: self, many, most, less, few, first, same, particular, second, general, former, more...
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