单词 | criticizing |
释义 | criticizingn. The action or practice of criticizing (in various senses of criticize v.); (now) esp. fault-finding; an instance of this.Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΚΠ 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes i. 184 Which your Grammar learning, and Criticising faculty might haue serued you to haue obserued. 1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense ii. vi. 63 The liberty of correcting and criticizing being growne so high, and that of falsifying (you know it by your selfe) so universall, that the old Copies may bee thought to be the truest. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxiv. 194 To let goe his Criticizing about the Sound of Prayers. 1706 R. Claridge Melius Inquirendum xii. 106 Had E. C. consulted his Greek Lexicographers and Grammarians, he would have seen but little occasion for his Criticizing. 1864 J. D. Hooker Let. 5 Feb. in C. Darwin Corr. (2001) XII. 38 I think it strange that he does not himself, write a separate essay, & treat my views with what severity he thinks proper in the course of it—he will thus avoid all suspicion of criticising for the sake of fault finding. 1911 M. P. Gould Where have my Profits Gone? (1912) ii. 33 [A] New England merchant, who subjected to a severe criticising every customer who wished to bring anything back. 2021 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) (Nexis) 11 May There's no end to the cribbing, the complaining, the criticizing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). criticizingadj. That criticizes a person or thing (in various senses of criticize v.); esp. that subjects something to critical analysis; that censures or finds fault. ΚΠ 1691 Wit for Money: or, Poet Stutter 15 As for my new Play, I'm sure 'tis good,..and like the File, it may defy the Teeth of the Criticizing Snakes. 1772 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 207 So criticizing an Eye. 1887 J. White Anc. Hist. Maori I. i. 11 On the south side sat the..most accomplished priests, whose duty it was to insist on a critical and verbatim rehearsal of all the ancient lore. During the time occupied in teaching, none spake save the rehearser or the criticising priest. 1902 Oxf. Mag. 10 Dec. 135/1 He..lets nothing leave his pen that has not passed the careful scrutiny of a criticizing mind. 2001 T. Tiede Self-help Nation viii. 155 A man may seem wonderful at first,..only to turn into a criticizing woman-hater once a woman is truly committed to him. Derivatives ˈcritiˌcizingly adv. in a way that expresses judgement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adverb] criticizingly1839 1839 Max Wentworth I. ix. 125 Why will you look so criticisingly, Mr. Walsingham? 1995 G. Cabrera Infante in M. Breton Rhythm & Revolt 91 He looked at her criticizingly and said: ‘Don't talk nonsense.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1621adj.1691 |
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