criticize
verb
(UK usually criticise) uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.saɪz/ us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.saɪz/B2 [ I or T ]
to express disapproval of someone or something:
be criticized for The government is being widely criticized in the media for failing to limit air pollution.
We'll get nowhere if all you can do is criticize.
Synonyms
- criticizeHe criticized the government's handling of the crisis.
- attackShe wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted.
- condemnShe was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
- denounceThe government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
- come under fireThe government programme has come under fire for mismanaging funds.
- Sometimes we get criticized for not being focused enough on strategy.
- If I criticize him, he gets aggressive and starts shouting.
- She was criticized because she did not have all the facts.
- My siblings don't like me criticizing our parents.
- She grudgingly admitted that she had been wrong to criticize him.
- I've been working so hard these past few weeks and all he can do is criticize.
- ad hominem attack
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- aw
- disagree
- frontal
- jugular vein
- jump all over someone idiom
- knife
- knock
- let someone have both barrels idiom
- needle
- sail
- slate
- think of something phrasal verb
- think poorly of someone/something idiom
- thinly veiled
- thinly veiled attack
- throw someone to the dogs idiom
