criticize
Meaning of criticize
verb
- indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.
the opposition criticized the government's failure to consult adequately
technicians were criticized for defective workmanship
- form and express a judgement of (a literary or artistic work).
a literary text may be criticized on two grounds: the semantic and the expressive
Information about criticize
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of criticize is: criticizes.
- Languages in which criticize is used:
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Hyphenation of criticize
crit-i-cize
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- criticize is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
criticize synonyms
Meaning knock:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning publicly declare to be wrong or evil:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning find fault with; censure:
Meaning criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly:
Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:
Meaning attack or ridicule publicly:
Meaning regard or represent as being of little worth:
Meaning criticize unfairly; disparage:
Meaning express disapproval of:
Meaning speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner:
Meaning speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner:
Meaning damage (someone's reputation):
Meaning speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:
Meaning criticize severely:
Meaning attack or criticize forcefully and relentlessly:
Meaning criticize fiercely:
Meaning subject to fierce criticism:
Meaning (especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul:
Meaning cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire:
Meaning fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer:
Meaning put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment:
Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:
Meaning cover (something, especially a roof) with slates:
Meaning criticize severely and reject as worthless:
Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:
Meaning put (something) in a bag:
Meaning travel or slide downhill over snow on a sledge:
Meaning criticize (someone) severely:
Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:
Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:
Meaning express or feel disapproval of:
Meaning rebuke severely; scold:
Meaning attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of:
Meaning disparage (someone or something):
Meaning reprimand:
criticize antonyms
Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:
Translation of criticize
- French: critiquer
- German: kritisieren
- Spanish: criticar
- Italian: criticare, sindacare
Words that rhyme with criticize
cize, apostacize, exostracize, ostracize, rhotacize, yotacize, aristocracize, Decize, Graecize, Grecize, alecize, ecize, graecize, grecize, solecize, synoecize, Anglicize, Arabicize, Aramaicize, Asiaticize, Atticize, Celticize, Doricize, Finnicize, Gaelicize, Gallicize, Gnosticize, Gothicize, Hebraicize, Hibernicize, Hispanicize, Ionicize, Iricize, Islamicize, Japanicize, Japonicize, Mithraicize, Nordicize, Persicize, Phoenicize, Scotticize, Semiticize, Sinicize, Slavicize, Slavonicize, Turkicize, aerobicize, aestheticize, angelicize, anglicize
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