criticizeverb
UK usually criticise uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.saɪz/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.saɪz/B2 [ I, T often passive ] to express disapproval of someone or something:
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.
[ T ] to give an opinion or judgment about a book, film, etc.:
We're a group of artists who meet to discuss ideas and criticize each other's work.
More examples
- If I criticize him, he gets aggressive and starts shouting.
- He was under attack for daring to criticize the prime minister.
- It doesn't do to criticize your parents.
- She grudgingly admitted that she had been wrong to criticize him.
- I've been slogging my guts out these past few weeks and all he can do is criticize.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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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