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Definition of Criticise
1. Verb. Find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws. "Don't knock the food--it's free"
Entails: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Specialized synonyms: Censure, Criminate, Reprimand, Blast, Crucify, Pillory, Savage, Admonish, Reprove, Bawl Out, Berate, Call Down, Call On The Carpet, Chew Out, Chew Up, Chide, Dress Down, Have Words, Jaw, Lambast, Lambaste, Lecture, Rag, Rebuke, Remonstrate, Reprimand, Reproof, Scold, Take To Task, Trounce, Reprehend, Deplore, Belabor, Belabour, Come Down, Denounce, Blame, Find Fault, Pick, Belittle, Disparage, Pick At, Nitpick, Assail, Assault, Attack, Lash Out, Round, Snipe, Harsh On
Generic synonyms: Comment, Notice, Point Out, Remark
Derivative terms: Criticism, Criticism, Criticism, Critic, Critic, Critic
Antonyms: Praise
2. Verb. Act as a critic. "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
Definition of Criticise
1. v. t. To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.
2. v. i. To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment; to play the critic; -- formerly used with on or upon.
Definition of Criticise
1. Verb. To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults ¹
2. Verb. To find fault (with something) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Criticise
1. [v -CISED, -CISING, -CISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Criticise
Literary usage of Criticise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"criticise, г. Animadversión. То cens-иге expresses lesa than to animadvert or
criticise ; one may always «71- ..."
2. The Proceedings and Addresses at the Freethinkers' Convention Held at by New York Freethinker's Association (1878)
"HAVE WE A EIGHT TO criticise JESUS? Why not, if he be a man, the same as any
other man ? If he be the Son of God, or the very God, and took on himself ..."
3. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"Though his talent is much more to criticise than to build anew, he cannot fail
to suggest many useful reflections. I must defer my other inquiries till ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"It is not the intention to criticise these methods, but rather to show how an
instrument lacking these improvements can be made adjustable by a person not a ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"No one can criticise the novel with any justice to the writer, without keeping
constantly in mind that her object is not so much a consistent or even ..."
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