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Criticizing

To find fault (with something).

📖 Definitions of "Criticizing"

verb

1
To find fault (with something).
"They criticized him for endangering people's lives."
2
To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
criticiseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criticize. [To find fault (with something).]
pick apartverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To review or analyse in great detail
accusingnoun	Accusation.
assailsverb	(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).
attackingverb	Carrying out an attack.
blamingnoun	The act of accusing or assigning culpability to.
blastsnoun	A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
censuringnoun	An act of censure.
chidesverb	(transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
condemningnoun	condemnation
condemnsverb	(transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
criticalnoun	Extremely important.
criticisingverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criticize. [To find fault (with something).]
criticismnoun	(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
criticismsnoun	(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
critiquingverb	To review something; to criticize.
denouncingnoun	denunciation
grillsnoun	A surname.
hammersnoun	(soccer) Someone who supports or plays for West Ham United F.C.
laments	The (also Lamentations or Threnodies; , originally spelled Threny) a series of nineteen threnodies (elegies) written in Polish by Jan Kochanowski and published in 1580.