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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, criticism |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad press, brickbat, censure, condemnation, disapprobation, disapproval, disparagement, fault-finding, hostility, knock*, opposition, pan, rap, swipe |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, battle, beef, belligerency, bone of contention, bone to pick, combat, conflict, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, enmity, feuding, fight, flak, hassle, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, squabble, static, strife, struggle, variance, war, wrangle, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | affection, consideration, friendliness, friendship, good will, kindness, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef, bickering, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, dissention, embroilment, falling-out, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff, words, wrangle, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
Example Sentences
- The plane was still flying through a stream of flak as he reasoned it out.
- Men occasionally take flak for putting too much of a premium on their own appearance.
- Naturally it was the foreign company that took all the flak.
| Main Entry: | criticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal disapproval |
| Synonyms: | Bronx cheer, animadversion, aspersion, bad press, blast, brickbats, call down, carping, cavil, caviling, censure, critical remarks, cut*, denunciation, disparagement, faultfinding, flak, hit*, knock*, nit-picking, objection, opprobrium, pan, panning, put down, quibble, rap on knuckles, reproof, roast, slam*, slap on wrist, slap, static, stricture, swipe, vitriol, zapper |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |
| Antonyms: | approval, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | critique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis, essay |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assessment, comment, commentary, criticism, editorial, examination, exposition, flak, judgment, notice, pan, putdown, rap, rave*, review, reviewal, slam*, slap, study, takedown, write-up, zapper |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict of opinion |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, bad vibes, bickering, clinker, contention, controversy, difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissent, dissidence, disunity, faction, factionalism, flak, friction, fuss, quarrel, scene, sour note, static, strife, trouble, variance, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, confirmation, peace, ratification |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, disapproval |
| Synonyms: | bone of contention, bone to pick, bone, clinker, conflict, contention, denial, difference, disaccord, discord, dissension, dissidence, disunity, far cry, flak, hassle, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nonconformity, nope, objection, opposition, poles apart, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, sour note, spat, split, strife, unorthodoxy, variance |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, can of worms, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak, follow through, follow-up, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramification, reaction, reflex, repercussion, response, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot, waves |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, commencement, foundation, origin, source, start |
| Main Entry: | friction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement |
| Synonyms: | animosity, antagonism, bad blood, bad feeling, bickering, bone to pick, conflict, counteraction, discontent, discord, disharmony, dispute, dissension, faction, factionalism, flak, hassle, hatred, hostility, impedance, incompatibility, interference, opposition, quarrel, resentment, resistance, rivalry, row*, ruckus*, rumpus, set-to, sour note, strife, trouble, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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