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Main Entry:	pan
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	container for cooking food
Synonyms:	bucket, casserole, frying pan, kettle, pail, pot, sheet, vessel, double boiler, pannikin, roaster, saucepan, skillet

Main Entry:	pan
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	look, search for over a wide area
Synonyms:	follow, move, scan, separate, sift, sweep, swing, track, traverse, wash

Main Entry:	pan
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize strongly
Synonyms:	blame, censure, condemn, cut up, denounce, disparage, flay, hammer, knock, rap, reprehend, roast, slam, denunciate, jeer at, review unfavorably
Antonyms:	praise

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:	basin
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	container or area where water is held
Synonyms:	bay, bowl, concavity, depression, dip, ewer, gulf, hole, hollow, lagoon, pan, pool, pot, sag, sink, tub, valley, vessel, sinkage, sinkhole, washbasin, washbowl, watershed

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:	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:	critique
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	analysis, essay
Synonyms:	appraisal, assessment, comment, commentary, criticism, editorial, examination, exposition, flak, judgment, notice, pan, rap, rave, review, slam, slap, study, write-up, putdown, reviewal, takedown, zapper
Notes:	a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study
Antonyms:	compliment, praise

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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:	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:	defame
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	inflict libel or slander
Synonyms:	bad-mouth, belie, besmirch, blacken, blister, calumniate, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, knock, malign, pan, roast, scandalize, scorch, slam, smear, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, vituperate, asperse, cast aspersions on, cast slur on, do a number on, put zingers on, speak evil of, throw mud at, villainize
Antonyms:	approve, commend, compliment, exalt, praise

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Main Entry:	degrade
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	shame, humiliate
Synonyms:	abase, belittle, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, pan, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down, sink, slam, take down, tear down, vitiate, weaken, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, declass, disbar, mudsling, shoot down*, take down a peg
Antonyms:	admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade

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Main Entry:	demean
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	humble, humiliate
Synonyms:	abase, bad-mouth, belittle, contemn, debase, decry, degrade, derogate, descend, despise, detract, disparage, lower, pan, scorn, sink, stoop, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, cut rate, dis, dump on, knock down, poor-mouth
Antonyms:	boost, enhance, improve, upgrade

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Main Entry:	deride
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make fun of; insult
Synonyms:	banter, chaff, contemn, detract, disdain, disparage, flout, gibe, jeer, jolly, kid, knock, laugh at, lout, mock, pan, pooh-pooh, put down, quiz, rag, rally, razz, rib, ridicule, roast, scoff, scorn, slam, sneer, taunt, dis, do a number on, dump on, twit
Antonyms:	commend, compliment, flatter, praise, revere

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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:	disparage
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize; detract from
Synonyms:	abuse, belittle, chill, decry, defame, degrade, deject, demoralize, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, discourage, discredit, disdain, dishearten, dismiss, lower, malign, minimize, pan, put down, rap, ridicule, roast, run down, scorch, scorn, slam, slander, smear*, sour grapes, tear down, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off, cry down, dis, dispirit, dispraise, downcry, dump on, put hooks in
Antonyms:	approve, commend, compliment, flatter, laud, praise, sanction

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Main Entry:	flak
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	complaint, criticism
Synonyms:	abuse, censure, condemnation, disapproval, disparagement, fault-finding, hostility, knock, opposition, pan, rap, swipe, bad press, brickbat, disapprobation
Antonyms:	compliment, praise

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Main Entry:	humiliate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	embarrass, put down
Synonyms:	abase, abash, base, blister, break, bring down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomfit, discountenance, disgrace, dishonor, downplay, humble, lower, mortify, pan, play down, put to shame, rip, run down, shame, slam, smear, snub, squash, subdue, take down, tear down, vanquish, wither, bemean, bring low, cast down, cut down to size, make a fool of, make ashamed, put out of countenance, shoot down*, take down a peg
Antonyms:	build up, elevate, laud, praise

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Main Entry:	insult
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abuse, offend
Synonyms:	abase, affront, aggravate, annoy, blister, curse, cut to the quick, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, dump on, flout, gird, humiliate, injure, irritate, jeer, libel, mock, outrage, pan, provoke, put down, revile, ridicule, roast, scoff, slam, slander, slight, sneer, snub, step on one's toes, taunt, tease, underestimate, vex
Antonyms:	compliment, flatter, praise

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Main Entry:	lambaste
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	punish, beat
Synonyms:	assail, attack, berate, blister, bludgeon, castigate, censure, criticize, cudgel, denounce, excoriate, flay, flog, hammer, hit, pan, pelt, pound, pummel, rake over the coals*, rebuke, reprimand, roast, scold, scorch, scourge, shellac, slam, slap, slash, smear, smother, strike, thrash, trim, upbraid, wallop, whip, lash into, read the riot act, rip into, scathe
Antonyms:	praise, uphold