Criticized - English meaning

Criticized – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.
Usage examples:
The opposition criticized the government's failure to consult adequately
Synonims:
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verb
Form and express a judgement of (a literary or artistic work).
Usage examples:
A literary text may be criticized on two grounds: the semantic and the expressive

verb
Past simple and past participle of criticize
Usage examples:
The government is being widely criticized in the media for failing to limit air pollution., we'll g…

Criticized translation into English

Criticized: translate from English into Chinese

批评

Criticized: translate from English into Dutch

Bekritiseerd

Criticized: translate from English into French

Critiqué

Criticized: translate from English into German

Kritisiert

Criticized: translate from English into Hindi

आलोचना की

Criticized: translate from English into Italian

Criticato

Criticized: translate from English into Korean

비판

Criticized: translate from English into Russian

Критиковал

Criticized: translate from English into Spanish

Criticado

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Criticized – similar words

critically

adverb
In a way that expresses disapproval.
Usage examples:
A designer spoke critically of capitalism

adverb
To a potentially disastrous degree.
Usage examples:
The critically endangered hawaiian monk seal

adverb
In a way that is of great importance
Usage examples:
The parents were critically involved with keeping the school open., she was critically injured in t…

Critically - all meanings in English

criticality

noun
Crucial importance.
Usage examples:
All the agencies understand the criticality of their it systems to their operations

noun
(of a nuclear reactor or fuel) the quality or state of maintaining a self-sustaining chain reaction.
Usage examples:
Reactor 4 at the oi nuclear power plant reached criticality on thursday morning

noun
A nuclear chain reaction that is able to continue by itself, or the conditions under which this happens
Usage examples:
A criticality can occur when too much radioactive material is placed together., without denying the…

Criticality - all meanings in English

critical

adjective
Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.
Usage examples:
I was very critical of the previous regime

adjective
Of the greatest importance
Usage examples:
Critical industries, what happens in the next 48 hours is critical., he was admitted to metropolita…

adjective
Extremely important to the progress or success of something
Usage examples:
Critical to/for sth logistics and distribution are critical to an e-commerce venture's success., cr…

Critical - all meanings in English

critic

noun
A person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something.
Usage examples:
Critics of the new legislation say it is too broad

noun
A person whose job is to give an opinion about books, movies, or music and theater performances
Usage examples:
The critics hated it, but it was popular at the box office., he has been one of the most outspoken …

Critic - all meanings in English

Criticized synonims

arraign

verb
Call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.
Usage examples:
Her sister was arraigned on charges of attempted murder

verb
To formally accuse someone of a particular crime in a court of law and to ask the accused to state guilt or innocence
Usage examples:
He was arraigned on a robbery charge., they pleaded not guilty at their arraignment.

Arraign - all meanings in English

attack

verb
Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.
Usage examples:
In february the germans attacked verdun

noun
An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.
Usage examples:
He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb
An offensive against an enemy

Attack - all meanings in English

cast aspersions on

noun
A criticism, suggestion, or remark that damages another person's reputation
Usage examples:
She shrugs off the aspersions as an inevitable part of public life., his opponents cast aspersions …

Cast aspersions on - all meanings in English

censure

verb
Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.
Usage examples:
The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the department of trade

noun
The formal expression of severe disapproval.
Usage examples:
Two mps were singled out for censure

Censure - all meanings in English

condemn

verb
Express complete disapproval of; censure.
Usage examples:
Most leaders roundly condemned the attack

verb
To criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons
Usage examples:
The movie was condemned for glorifying violence., those who remember the past are not condemned to …

Condemn - all meanings in English

denigrate

verb
Criticize unfairly; disparage.
Usage examples:
Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country

verb
To say that someone or something is not good or important

Denigrate - all meanings in English

denounce

dɪˈnaʊns

verb
Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
Usage examples:
The assembly denounced the use of violence

verb
To criticize someone or something strongly and publicly
Usage examples:
The teachers denounced the contract offer as inadequate.

verb
To criticize something or someone strongly and publicly
Usage examples:
The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides., he angrily denounced the decisio…

Denounce - all meanings in English

disparage

verb
Regard or represent as being of little worth.
Usage examples:
He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors

verb
To criticize someone or something in a way that shows a lack of respect
Usage examples:
He disparages his business competitors, saying they are all a bunch of amateurs compared to him., m…

Disparage - all meanings in English

find fault with

phrase
To criticize someone or something, especially without good reasons
Usage examples:
He's always finding fault with my work., she's a nightmare to have as a guest - she finds fault wit…

Find fault with - all meanings in English

lambast

verb
Criticize (someone or something) harshly.
Usage examples:
They lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth

verb
To criticize someone or something severely
Usage examples:
His first novel was lambasted by the critics.

Lambast - all meanings in English

pillory

noun
A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.
Usage examples:
The punishments for which may be confiscation of the fish, imprisonment, the pillory, and the offen…

verb
Put (someone) in a pillory.

verb
To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way
Usage examples:
Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effecti…

Pillory - all meanings in English

pour scorn on

idiom
To say a person or thing is stupid and not worth anything
Usage examples:
Critics of the president have been pouring scorn on the plan ever since it was first proposed.

Pour scorn on - all meanings in English

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