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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

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Main Entry:	criticize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	analyze, interpret
Synonyms:	appraise, assess, evaluate, examine, judge, probe, review, scrutinize, study, comment upon, give opinion, pass judgment on
Antonyms:	estimate, guess, suppose

Main Entry:	affront
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	insult or involve in entanglement
Synonyms:	abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, encounter, face, give the cold shoulder, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down, slander, slight, taunt, vex, dispraise, dump on, give a zinger, hit where one lives
Notes:	effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult
Antonyms:	appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe

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Main Entry:	assail
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	attack, usually with words
Synonyms:	abuse, assault, bash, berate, beset, blast, blister, bust, charge, come at, criticize, encounter, impugn, invade, lambaste, lay into, malign, maltreat, molest, revile, trash, vilify, have at*, set upon, work over

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Main Entry:	attack
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	assault verbally
Synonyms:	abuse, berate, blame, blitz, censure, criticize, impugn, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, malign, refute, reprove, revile, shoot down*, stretch, vilify
Antonyms:	defend, resist, submit, withstand

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Main Entry:	bad-mouth
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	to denigrate
Synonyms:	belittle, criticize, disparage, knock, malign, pan, put down, rap, rip, roast, run down, slam, slander, tear down*, cut down to size, dis, dump on, find fault, mudsling, pooh pooh, take a dig at, take down a peg, tear to pieces

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Main Entry:	belittle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	detract
Synonyms:	bad-mouth, blister, criticize, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, downgrade, downplay, knock, lower, minimize, pan, put down, rip, roast, run down, scorch, scorn, slam, smear, sour grapes, squash, squelch, take down, tear down, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off, cut down to size, cut to the quick, dispraise, dump on, pooh pooh, poor mouth, scoff at, shoot down, shoot full of holes, sneer at, take a swipe at, take down a peg
Antonyms:	build up, exaggerate, praise, value

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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:	blast
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	lambaste; defeat mentally
Synonyms:	attack, beat, castigate, clobber, criticize, drub, flay, lick, shellac, whip*, lash out at, rail at
Antonyms:	boost, compliment, praise, uphold

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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:	censor
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	forbid; ban; selectively remove
Synonyms:	abridge, black out, blacklist, bleach, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, purge, purify, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, squelch, sterilize, strike out, suppress, withhold, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, drop the iron curtain, exscind, prevent publication, put the lid on, refuse transmission, scissor out, supervise communications
Antonyms:	allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction

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Main Entry:	chew out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	scold
Synonyms:	bawl out, carpet, criticize, dress down, jaw, revile, tell off, vituperate, wig, tongue-lash, yell at
Antonyms:	compliment, laud, praise

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Main Entry:	comment
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make statement of opinion, explanation
Synonyms:	affirm, annotate, assert, bring out, clarify, conclude, construe, criticize, disclose, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, express, gloss, illustrate, interject, interpose, interpret, mention, note, notice, observe, opine, point out, pronounce, reflect, remark, say, state, animadvert, commentate, pass on, touch upon
Antonyms:	refrain, keep quiet

Main Entry:	complain
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	grumble about
Synonyms:	accuse, ascribe, attack, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, lament, lay, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, wail, whimper, whine, yammer, bitch, find fault, kick up a fuss, look askance, make a fuss, sound off, take exception to
Antonyms:	applaud, approve, commend, praise, recommend, sanction, be content, be happy

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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:	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:	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:	disapprove
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	condemn
Synonyms:	blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discountenance, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, expostulate, look down on, nix, oppose, pan, refuse, reject, remonstrate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, slam, spurn, turn down, veto, zing*, discommend, disesteem, dispraise, find fault with, find unacceptable, frown on, look askance at, object to, pass on, set aside, take dim view of, take exception to
Antonyms:	agree, approve, endorse, like, love, sanction

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Main Entry:	disclaim
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deny
Synonyms:	abandon, abjure, abnegate, belittle, contradict, contravene, criticize, decline, deprecate, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, discard, disown, disparage, forswear, gainsay, minimize, negate, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, spurn, traverse, disacknowledge, divorce oneself from, turn back on, wash hands of
Antonyms:	accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, claim, own