- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|1.4k
- Abbreviations|0
97 entries under criticize topic. ×
| gainsay(verb, attack, fight, dispute) | |
| knock(attack, challenge, disparage, contravene) | |
| pan(verb, attack, slight, abuse) | |
| rebuke(verb, beat, attack, reprimand) | |
| rip into(verb, expression, beat, attack) | |
| round on(verb, expression, lambaste) | |
| set about(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack) | |
| skin alive(expression, challenge, disparage, denounce) | |
| smear(verb, attack, slight, abuse) | |
| traduce(challenge, disparage, denounce, belittle) | |
| traverse(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) | |
| wallop(verb, charge, beat, attack, separate) | |
| bludgeon(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| break(dispute, challenge, doubt, question) | |
| call into question(expression, idiom, dispute, challenge) | |
| cast aspersions upon(expression, idiom, dispute, challenge) | |
| cast doubt upon(expression, idiom, dispute, challenge) | |
| challenge(dispute, doubt, question, contravene) | |
| condemn(verb, attack, reprimand, castigate) | |
| contravene(dispute, challenge, doubt, question) |
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