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Main Entry:	censure
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	severe criticism
Synonyms:	admonition, blame, condemnation, disapproval, objection, obloquy, rebuke, remonstrance, reprimand, reproach, reproof, stricture, admonishment, castigation, dressing down, reprehension
Notes:	to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn
Antonyms:	approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement, praise, ratification, recommendation, sanction

Main Entry:	censure
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	condemn; criticize severely
Synonyms:	abuse, admonish, attack, backbite, berate, blame, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up*, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, ostracize, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tell off, upbraid, animadvert, asperse, carp at, exprobate, find fault with, get after, look askance, pick apart, pull apart, read out, take to task, tear apart
Antonyms:	allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction

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Main Entry:	accusation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	charge of wrongdoing, fault
Synonyms:	allegation, arraignment, beef, blast, bum rap, censure, citation, complaint, denunciation, dido, exposé, gripe, imputation, indictment, insinuation, roar, rumble, slur, squawk, stink*, attribution, impeachment, incrimination, recrimination
Antonyms:	praise, exculpation

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Main Entry:	accuse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	place blame for wrongdoing, fault
Synonyms:	allege, apprehend, arraign, arrest, attack, attribute, betray, blame, blow the whistle, brand, censure, charge, cite, complain, denounce, finger, frame, impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, libel, litigate, name, prosecute, slander, slur, sue, summon, tax, bring charges, criminate, file claim, hang something on, hold accountable, lay at door, let have it, lodge complaint, pin on, point finger at, recriminate, serve summons
Antonyms:	absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate

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Main Entry:	admonish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	warn, strongly criticize
Synonyms:	advise, berate, call down, call on the carpet, censure, check, chide, come down hard on, counsel, ding, draw the line, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a going over, give a piece of one's mind, glue, growl, hoist, jack up, notice, rap on knuckles, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, sit on, slap on wrist, speak to, talk to, tell a thing or two, tell off*, upbraid, warn
Antonyms:	applaud, approve, commend, compliment, extol, flatter, laud, praise

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Main Entry:	bashing
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	abuse against a group or individual based on identity or ideological beliefs
Synonyms:	assault, attack, beating, censure, charge, condemnation, criticism, harassment, jumping, offensive, persecution, strike, torment, beating up, bias crime, denigration, hate crime, hounding

Main Entry:	berate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize hatefully
Synonyms:	bawl out, blister, castigate, censure, chew, chew out, chide, jaw, rake over the coals*, rate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, scorch, tell off, upbraid, vituperate, call down, cuss out, eat out, give one hell, give what for, jump all over, rail at, tongue-lash
Antonyms:	compliment, hail, praise

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Main Entry:	blame
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	accuse; place responsibility
Synonyms:	admonish, ascribe, attribute, blast, blow the whistle on, censure, charge, chide, climb all over, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, disapprove, express disapprobation, find fault with, finger, frame, hold responsible, impute, indict, jump all over, jump down one's throat, knock, lay a bad trip on, lay at one's door, lay to, let one have it, lower the boom, pass the buck, point the finger, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, roast, saddle, skin*, stick it to, tax, upbraid
Antonyms:	applaud, commend, exalt, exculpate, exonerate, praise, thank

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Main Entry:	carp
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	nag
Synonyms:	bother, cavil, censure, complain, criticize, fuss, grumble, knock, nitpick, objurgate, pan, peck, quibble, reproach, find fault, hypercriticize, pick at
Antonyms:	ignore, let go

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Main Entry:	castigate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize severely
Synonyms:	baste, bawl out, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out, come down on, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals, dress down, drub, excoriate, flay, flog, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lash, lay out, lean on, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash, upbraid, whip
Antonyms:	compliment, laud, praise

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Main Entry:	chastise
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	scold, discipline
Synonyms:	baste, beat, berate, castigate, censure, chasten, chew out, correct, flog, lash, lay into, pummel, punish, scourge, spank, thrash, upbraid, whip, climb all over, ferule, lean on, ream, skelp, slap down
Antonyms:	cheer, comfort, compliment, encourage, forgive, promote, inspirit

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Main Entry:	chide
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize, lecture
Synonyms:	admonish, berate, blame, castigate, censure, check, condemn, flay, lesson, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, slap on the wrist, take down, tell off, upbraid, call down, call on the carpet, exprobate, find fault, give a hard time, monish, speak to, take down a peg, talk to, tick off
Antonyms:	compliment, laud, praise

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Main Entry:	condemn
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	blame, convict
Synonyms:	adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on, call down, castigate, censure, chide, come down on, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, find fault with, find guilty, frame, hang something on, judge, knock, lay at one's door, let have it, name, pass sentence on, pin it on, point finger at, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river, sentence, skin, thumbs down on, upbraid
Antonyms:	absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free

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Main Entry:	condemnation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	blaming, conviction
Synonyms:	accusation, blame, censure, damnation, denunciation, disapproval, doom, judgment, reproach, reproof, sentence, stricture, denouncement, proscription, reprobation
Antonyms:	absolution, acquittal, clearance, discharge, exoneration, freeing, pardon, release

Main Entry:	damn
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	condemn, denounce
Synonyms:	abuse, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, censure, confound, convict, criticize, curse, darn, doom, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, jinx, objurgate, pan*, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, anathematize, cast out, complain of, cry down, cuss, denunciate, drat, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, object to, thunder against
Antonyms:	bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote

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Main Entry:	decry
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize, blame
Synonyms:	abuse, bad-mouth, belittle, calumniate, censure, condemn, defame, denounce, depreciate, derogate, detract, devalue, diminish, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, downgrade, hit, knock, lower, malign, minimize, pan, put down, rap, reprehend, reprobate, run down, slam*, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off, asperse, cry down, do a number on, dump on, mark down, opprobriate, poor-mouth, rail against, take away, take swipe at, throw stones at
Antonyms:	applaud, compliment, exalt, laud, praise

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Main Entry:	denounce
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	condemn, attack
Synonyms:	accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, finger, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, charge with, denunciate, hang something on, inveigh against, take to task
Antonyms:	approve, commend, compliment, praise

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Main Entry:	denunciation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	condemnation, criticism
Synonyms:	accusation, arraignment, blame, censure, charge, damning, fulmination, indictment, invective, knock, obloquy, rap, reprimand, castigation, cursing, denouncement, derogation, dressing down, incrimination, reprehension, reprobation, smearing, stigmatization, upbraidment, vilification
Antonyms:	appreciation, approval, commendation, compliment, praise

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Main Entry:	deplore
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	regret; condemn
Synonyms:	abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat one's heart out, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues, sorrow over, take on, weep
Antonyms:	approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel

Main Entry:	disapproval
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	condemnation
Synonyms:	blackball, blame, boo, boycott, catcall, censure, criticism, denunciation, discontent, disfavor, dislike, disparagement, displeasure, dissatisfaction, hiss, nix, objection, opprobrium, ostracism, reproach, reproof, stricture, thumbs down, vitriol, zing, black list, brickbat, call down, castigation, deprecation, disapprobation, slap on wrist
Antonyms:	agreement, approval, endorsement, sanction