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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prohibit |
| Synonyms: | ban, boycott, circumvent, condemn, debar, deny, disallow, discountenance, discourage, eliminate, enjoin, except, exclude, exile, forbid, frustrate, hinder, interdict, interfere, limit, obstruct, ostracize, outlaw, override, preclude, prevent, refuse, reject, restrain, rule out, segregate, shut out, stop, suspend, freeze out, keep out |
| Antonyms: | advocate, allow, open, permit |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | convict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find guilty |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, bring to justice, condemn, doom, frame, imprison, put away, rap*, sentence, attaint, declare guilty, pass sentence on, pronounce guilty, put the screws to, send up the river, send up*, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | exonerate, free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | criticize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disapprove, judge as bad |
| Synonyms: | bash, blame, blast, blister, carp, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, clobber, come down on, condemn, cut down*, cut up*, denounce, disparage, dress down*, excoriate, fluff*, hit, knock*, lambaste*, pan, rap*, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, reprove, rip*, roast*, scorch*, skin*, slam*, slog*, slug*, take down*, trash*, trim*, zap*, animadvert on, cut to bits, denunciate, do a number on, find fault, fulminate against, fustigate, give bad press, jump on, nag at, nit-pick, pick at, scathe, skin alive |
| Antonyms: | approve, compliment, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make fun of; criticize |
| Synonyms: | censure, condemn, crucify, denounce, knock, pan*, rap, reprehend, reprobate, ridicule, skin, vilify, give a rough time |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, ridicule |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, calumniate, censure, condemn, contemn, decry, defame, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, deride, derogate, detract, discount, discountenance, discredit, disgrace, disparage, fault, humble, knock, look down on*, lower, malign, minimize, put down, rap, revile, roast*, run down*, scorn, slam, slander, slight, slur, smear, spurn, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, asperse, clamor against, dispraise, find fault with, scoff at, sneer at, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, exalt, laud, praise, recommend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discountenance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject, oppose |
| Synonyms: | condemn, deprecate, disapprove, discourage, disfavor, dispute, put down, resist, count me out, discommend, disesteem, frown on*, hold no brief for, not go for, not stand for, object to, take a dim view of, take exception to |
| Antonyms: | approve, back, countenance, sanction, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dislike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be antagonistic toward something; hate |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, avoid, condemn, contemn, deplore, despise, detest, disapprove, disfavor, eschew, execrate, loathe, look down on, mind, regret, resent, scorn, shun, antipathize, be allergic to, be averse to, be turned off to, bear malice toward, disesteem, disrelish, grossed out on, have hard feelings, have no stomach for, have no taste for, lose interest in, make faces at, not appreciate, not care for, not endure, not feel like, not take kindly to, object to, shudder at |
| Antonyms: | approve, like, love |
| Main Entry: | excoriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | denounce, criticize |
| Synonyms: | attack, berate, blister, castigate, censure, chastise, condemn, flay, lambaste, lash, rebuke, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, scorch, slash, upbraid, vilify, scathe, tear into |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | execrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hate |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, censure, condemn, curse, damn, denounce, deplore, despise, detest, excoriate, loathe, objurgate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, revile, vilify, accurse, anathematize, imprecate |
| Antonyms: | like, love |
| Main Entry: | fulminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | berate, blow up, bluster, castigate, censure, condemn, curse, declaim, denounce, execrate, explode, fume, intimidate, menace, protest, rage, rail, reprobate, thunder, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, animadvert, denunciate, inveigh against, swear at |
| Antonyms: | compliment, defend, flatter, praise, support |
| Main Entry: | hiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make buzzing sound; ridicule |
| Synonyms: | blow, boo, catcall, condemn, damn, decry, deride, disapprove, hoot, jeer, mock, rasp, revile, seethe, shrill, spit, wheeze, whisper, whistle, whiz, shout down, sibilate, siss, whirr |
| Main Entry: | inveigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, denounce |
| Synonyms: | admonish, berate, blast, castigate, censure, condemn, crack down on, except, expostulate, go after, have at*, jump down one's throat, kick, lambaste, lay into, lay out, let have it, object, protest, rail, read out, recriminate, remonstrate, reproach, rip into, roast, scold, scorch, sound off, tongue-lash, trash*, upbraid, vituperate, work over |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jinx |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | bedevil, bewitch, charm, condemn, damn*, enchant, hex, cast a spell on, give the evil eye |
| Antonyms: | benefit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make decision from evidence; deduce |
| Synonyms: | act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up |
| Main Entry: | kick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain |
| Synonyms: | carp, combat, condemn, criticize, curse, damn, except, execrate, expostulate, fight, fuss, gripe, grumble, inveigh, mumble, object, oppose, protest, rebel, remonstrate, repine, resist, spurn, wail, whine, withstand, anathematize |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | knock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, alive*, belittle, blame, carp, cavil, censure, condemn, denounce, deprecate, disparage, lambaste, reprehend, reprobate, run down*, skin*, slam, denunciate, find fault |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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