to criticize sb
1criticize — criticize, reprehend, blame, censure, reprobate, condemn, denounce are comparable when they mean to find fault with someone or something openly, often publicly, and with varying degrees of severity. Criticize in its basic sense does not carry… …
2criticize — v. t. same as {criticise}; as, The paper criticized the new movie. [WordNet 1.5] …
3Criticize (song) — Criticize is Alexander O Neal s biggest UK hit to date. Released in 1987,[1]It reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart and the Hot R B/Hip Hop Songs chart. It was also one of his only two hits to chart in the Ireland Singles Chart (reached #14).… …
4criticize — [v1] disapprove, judge as bad animadvert on, bash, blame, blast, blister, carp, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, clobber, come down on, condemn, cut down*, cut to bits*, cut up*, denounce, denunciate, disparage, do a number on*, dress down*,… …
5criticize — [krit′ə sīz΄] vi., vt. criticized, criticizing 1. to analyze and judge as a critic 2. to judge disapprovingly; find fault (with); censure criticizable adj. criticizer n. SYN. CRITICIZE, in this comparison, is the general term for finding fault… …
6criticize — I (evaluate) verb adjudge, appraise, assess, consider, examine, gauge, iudicare, judge, measure, rank, rate, reckon, review, scrutinize, sum up, take stock of, value, weigh II (find fault with) verb animadvert, berate, blame, castigate, censure,… …
7criticize adversely — index oppugn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8criticize frivolously — index cavil Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9criticize severely — index castigate, denounce (condemn) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10criticize severly — index lash (attack verbally) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
