censurenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsen.ʃər/us/ˈsen.ʃɚ/formalstrong criticism or disapproval:
His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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censure
verb [ T ] ukus
Ministers were censured for their lack of decisiveness during the crisis.