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criticize
verb as in disapprove, judge as bad
Strongest matches
blame, blast, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, condemn, denounce, excoriate, reprimand
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bash, blister, carp, clobber, disparage, fluff, fustigate, hit, knock, lambaste, pan, rap, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, rip, roast, scorch, skin, slam, slog, slug, trash, trim, zap
Weak matches
animadvert on, come down on, cut down, cut to bits, cut up, denunciate, do a number on, dress down, find fault, fulminate against, give bad press, jump on, nag at, nit-pick, pick at, scathe, skin alive, take down
verb as in analyze, interpret
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Example Sentences
City Controller Kenneth Mejia, who volunteers at the shelters, has used social media to highlight the higher euthanasia numbers and criticize city budget decisions.
The trepidation comes from Carr’s open criticism of broadcasters and tech firms on behalf of Trump, who is famously hostile to journalists and outlets that criticize him.
These so-called moderates might say nasty stuff about Gaetz off the record, or criticize his character, but how many of them are actually saying: “Donald Trump doesn’t get a blank check in the Senate, and we will exercise our duty to say no when we need to”? None of them have come out and declared: “We will say no.”
At least two of those relationships with civilian Pentagon chiefs — retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis and Army combat veteran Mark Esper — resulted in open acrimony, despite a long-standing reluctance on the part of current and retired military officers to publicly criticize the commander in chief.
“This bill dangerously weaponizes the Treasury against nonprofit organizations and houses of worship — Christian, Jewish, or Muslim — that dare to support Palestinian and Lebanese human rights or criticize Israel’s genocidal actions,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a statement.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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