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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws;
- Example: "The paper criticized the new movie"
- Example: "Don't knock the food--it's free"
[syn: knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart]

2. act as a critic;
- Example: "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
[syn: criticize, criticise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

criticize \criticize\ v. t. same as criticise; as, The paper criticized the new movie. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

criticize v 1: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" [syn: knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart] [ant: praise] 2: act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either" [syn: criticize, criticise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "criticize": annotate, appraise, assess, attack, blame, blast, carp at, carper, castigate, caviler, censure, comment upon, condemn, criticizer, critique, cut up, deal with, denounce, denunciate, descant, disapprove of, discourse, discuss, dissert, dissertate, estimate, evaluate, faultfinder, fulminate against, fustigate, go into, handle, hit, impugn, inquire into, judge, knock, knocker, lambaste, momus, moralize upon, pan, pull to pieces, put down, rap, remark upon, reprehend, reprobate, review, roast, scathe, skin, slam, slate, smellfungus, snipe at, survey, take to task, take up, touch upon, treat, treat of, value, write up