Thesaurus:criticize
English
Verb
Sense: to convey one's disapproval of
Synonyms
- animadvert
- admonish
- bash
- bawl out
- blast
- savage
- berate
- berisp (obsolete)
- castigate
- censure
- chastise
- chew out
- chide
- condemn
- criticize
- denounce
- denunciate
- drag [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- dress down
- eat someone alive
- excoriate
- find fault
- fulminate
- get down
- get up (Britain, Australia)
- give somebody a piece of one's mind
- give somebody what-for
- inveigh
- lecture
- lace into
- lambaste
- light into
- objurgate
- pooh-pooh
- put someone on blast (slang)
- rate
- read somebody the riot act
- rebuke
- reprehend [⇒ thesaurus]
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- rip into
- rubbish (Britain, Australia)
- scold
- slam
- tear into
- tell off
- threap
- tick off [⇒ thesaurus] (Britain)
- tosh (Britain)
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- maul (figuratively)
Hypernyms
See also
Further reading
- “932. disapprobation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “criticize” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.