- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|1.1k
- Abbreviations|0
144 entries under criticize topic. ×
| sully(verb, insult, disparage, belittle) | |
| tarnish(verb, insult, disparage, belittle) | |
| undervalue(verb, take, reduce, diminish) | |
| blame(verb, reject, oppose, censure) | |
| blister(verb, take, reduce, push, slight) | |
| censure(verb, reject, oppose, dislike) | |
| complain(verb, protest, disparage) | |
| contemn(verb, slight, scorn, mock) | |
| cut down to size(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, destroy) | |
| cut to the quick(verb, expression, idiom, push, slight) | |
| deplore(verb, reject, oppose, censure) | |
| deride(verb, scorn, condemn, fault) | |
| devalue(verb, diminish, lower, condemn) | |
| discountenance(verb, reject, oppose, censure) | |
| dismiss(verb, reject, oppose, censure) | |
| dispraise(verb, reject, oppose, scorn) | |
| do a number on(expression, idiom, diminish, lower) | |
| downplay(verb, reduce, diminish, lower) | |
| dump on(verb, expression, push, slight) | |
| injure(verb, reduce, ruin, destroy, slight) |
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