90 entries under criticize topic. ×
| rap(verb, attack, dismiss, abuse) | |
| revile(verb, slight, abuse, crack) | |
| scorch(verb, mark, dismiss, push, slight) | |
| shoot down(verb, expression, reduce, oppose, destroy) | |
| shoot full of holes(expression, idiom, oppose, scorn) | |
| slam(verb, break, attack, reduce, dismiss) | |
| squash(verb, break, destroy, crush) | |
| squelch(oppose, scorn, expose, disparage) | |
| take a swipe at(expression, idiom, scorn, insult) | |
| take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, attack, reduce) | |
| abuse(verb, dismiss, scorn, insult) | |
| besmirch(verb, slight, insult, disparage) | |
| blacken(verb, push, slight, insult) | |
| chill(verb, dismiss, scorn, mock) | |
| cry down(verb, expression, dismiss, scorn) | |
| defile(disparage, belittle, taint, slander) | |
| deject(verb, dismiss, scorn, mock) | |
| demoralize(verb, dismiss, scorn, mock) | |
| deprecate(verb, oppose, dismiss, scorn) | |
| deride(verb, dismiss, scorn, mock) |
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