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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation, criticism |
| Synonyms: | accusation, arraignment, blame, castigation, censure, charge, cursing, damning, denouncement, derogation, dressing down, fulmination, incrimination, indictment, invective, knock*, obloquy, rap, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, smearing, stigmatization, upbraidment, vilification |
| Antonyms: | appreciation, approval, commendation, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anathema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denouncement |
| Synonyms: | ban, censure, commination, condemnation, curse, damnation, denunciation, excommunication, execration, imprecation, malediction, proscription, reprehension, reprobation, reproof, taboo |
| Main Entry: | arraignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accusation |
| Synonyms: | bill of indictment, charge, citation, denunciation, impeachment, indictment, prosecution, summons, trial |
| Antonyms: | acquittal |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal assault |
| Synonyms: | abuse, aggression, belligerence, blame, calumny, censure, combativeness, criticism, denigration, denunciation, impugnment, libel, pugnacity, slander, vilification |
| Antonyms: | defense, reprisal, resistance, retreat, submission, surrender |
| Main Entry: | blame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation |
| Synonyms: | accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, criticism, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation, exprobation, impeachment, implication, imputation, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, invective, objurgation, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, recrimination, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade |
| Antonyms: | applause, commendation, exaltation, exculpation, exoneration, praise, thanks |
| Main Entry: | condemnation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blaming, conviction |
| Synonyms: | accusation, blame, censure, damnation, denouncement, denunciation, disapproval, doom, judgment, proscription, reproach, reprobation, reproof, sentence, stricture |
| Antonyms: | absolution, acquittal, clearance, discharge, exoneration, freeing, pardon, release |
| 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: | curse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful, swearing remark |
| Synonyms: | anathema, ban, bane, blaspheming, blasphemy, commination, cursing, cuss word, cussing, damning, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, double whammy, execration, expletive, four-letter word, fulmination, imprecation, malediction, malison, naughty words, no-no, oath, objuration, obloquy, obscenity, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, swear word, swearing, vilification, whammy |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | declaration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official proclamation |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, affidavit, allegation, announcement, article, attestation, bulletin, canon, charge, confirmation, constitution, credo, creed, denunciation, deposition, document, edict, gospel, indictment, manifesto, notice, notification, plea, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, resolution, testament, testimony, ultimatum |
| Antonyms: | denial, retraction |
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