Dictionary

criticize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίσις (krísis, “decision, judgement”).

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive, transitive) To find fault (with something).
   • They criticized him for endangering people's lives.
   • Since when is it a hanging offense to criticize someone who's not doing the job he's paid generously to do? 1999 June 18, Rod Beaton, “Astros winning despite obstacles”, in USA Today:
   • Homophobia is based on criticizing any sexual expression outside of procreational sex. 1988 August 13, Elizabeth Pincus, “1978 Revisited”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 7:
   • Then Federal Minister of Environment Antonin Vavrougek had strongly criticized the entire project while working at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Prague, taking a more limitationist view about the possibilities of generating electricity and a more alarmist view about the effect on drinking water supplies. 2010, Paul Hacker, Slovakia on the Road to Independence: An American Diplomat's Eyewitness Account, University Park, P.A.: The Pennsylvania State University Press, →ISBN, page 52:
   • But far from being naïve Scandinavist ideologists, Blix et al. continually criticizes the utopian Scandinavists' talk of brotherhood and 'one culture', but also—and perhaps most importantly—made cultural separatism and provincialism, particularly in Norway, the object of crass satire. 2009, Eirik Vassenden, “Norway: The Province and its Metropolities”, in Peter Brooker, Andrew Thacker, editors, The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines, volume 3, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 658:
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive, transitive) To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

Forms

Antonyms

congratulate · compliment · commend · praise · laud

Deriveds

hypercriticize · criticizingly · uncriticizing · uncriticized · countercriticize · recriticize · criticizer · criticization · overcriticize

Hypernyms

communicate · revile

Hyponyms

maul · pan

Relateds

critical · critic · scold · complain · criticism · discipline · criticizable · critique

Synonyms

vilify · eat someone alive · censure · pick at · appraise · denunciate · read somebody the riot act · lash · dispraise · drag · scold · give somebody what-for · reprehend · find fault · lay into · censure · chastise · cannonade · lace into · tilt · blame · judge · reproach · criticize · animadvert · fulminate · slam · get down · chew out · rip into · inveigh · get up · berate · tell off · pooh-pooh · get at · censure · bawl out · reprimand · give somebody a piece of one's mind · upbraid · tosh · light into · condemn · threap · skewer · keelhaul · savage · chide · dress down · reprove · blast · bash · tick off · lecture · castigate · vituperate · tear into · lambaste · objurgate · denounce · slate · put someone on blast · rate · berisp · rubbish · charge · admonish · scorch · deprecate · derogate · excoriate · slash · rebuke

Translations (137)

ar نَقَدَ (to evaluate) · ro critica (to find fault) · pt avaliar (to evaluate) · fi kritisoida (to find fault) · gd cronaich (to find fault) · ca criticar (to evaluate) · tr değer biçmek (to evaluate) · fi arvioida (to evaluate) · it valutare (to evaluate) · bg оценявам (to evaluate) · tr değerlendirmek (to evaluate) · is setja út á (to find fault) · th ติ (to find fault) · mi arohaehae (to evaluate) · uk критикува́ти (to find fault) · de kritisieren (to find fault) · sk hodnotiť (to evaluate) · es culpar (to find fault) · ast espelleyar (to find fault) · nl kritiseren (to find fault) · es criticar (to find fault) · cy beirniadu (to find fault) · io kritikar (to find fault) · ga cáin (to find fault) · ja 批評する (to evaluate) · hu értékel (to evaluate) · oc criticar (to evaluate) · ka გაკრიტიკება (to evaluate) · km រិះគន់ (to find fault) · yue 批評 /批评 (to find fault) · is gagnrýna (to find fault) · ast escizañar (to find fault) · pt criticar (to evaluate) · hu kritizál (to find fault) · fi moittia (to find fault) · cmn 批評 /批评 (to find fault) · az tənqid etmək (to find fault) · ru критикова́ть (to evaluate) · es juzgar (to evaluate) · es criticar (to evaluate) · mfe kritike (to find fault) · mi whakakoha (to find fault) · he ביקר (to find fault) · ast xulgar (to evaluate) · be крытыкава́ць (to find fault) · sk posudzovať (to evaluate) · sv kritisera (to evaluate) · ka გაკიცხვა (to evaluate) · nl bekritiseren (to find fault) · de abwägen (to evaluate) · nrf crititchi (to find fault) · nl kritiseren (to evaluate) · gl criticar (to evaluate) · ia criticar (to evaluate) · gd troid (to find fault) · ia criticar (to find fault) · cy beirniadu (to evaluate) · tr ölçüp tartmak (to evaluate) · nl beoordelen (to evaluate) · ru критикова́ть (to find fault) · id mengkritik (to find fault) · ga beachtaigh ar (to evaluate) · ast criticar (to find fault) · id mengiktirad (to find fault) · fi arvostella (to evaluate) · el ασκώ κριτική (to find fault) · sk kritizovať (to find fault) · sk recenzovať (to evaluate) · wa critiker (to find fault) · pt culpar (to find fault) · lo ຕິ (to find fault) · hu megró (to find fault) · nb kritisere (to find fault) · et arvustama (to find fault) · ht kritike (to find fault) · th วิจารณ์ (to find fault) · tr eleştirmek (to find fault) · de Kritik üben (to find fault) · eo kritiki (to find fault) · ary انتقد (to find fault) · ka გაკრიტიკება (to find fault) · ast criticar (to evaluate) · ar اِنْتَقَدَ (to find fault) · cmn 批評 /批评 (to evaluate) · tyz bè bẹo (to find fault) · sv kritisera (to find fault) · el επικρίνω (to find fault) · oc criticar (to find fault) · yi קריטיקירן (to evaluate) · nl hekelen (to find fault) · nl bekritiseren (to evaluate) · no kritisere (to evaluate) · ga beachtaigh ar (to find fault) · gd càin (to find fault) · ca criticar (to find fault) · fr critiquer (to find fault) · ru раскритикова́ть (to find fault) · cs kritizovat (to find fault) · ja 非難する (to find fault) · izh moittia (to find fault) · yi קריטיקירן (to find fault) · et arvustama (to evaluate) · he ביקר (to evaluate) · ja 批判する (to find fault) · hy քննադատել (to find fault) · it criticare (to evaluate) · ast reborgar (to find fault) · hu minősít (to evaluate) · ro critica (to evaluate) · hu elbírál (to evaluate) · ast espotrexar (to find fault) · tr tenkit etmek (to find fault) · nl afkeuren (to find fault) · bg критикувам (to find fault) · fi arvostella (to find fault) · el αξιολογώ (to evaluate) · hu bírál (to find fault) · ru раскритикова́ть (to evaluate) · fa عیبجویی کردن (to find fault) · hu bírál (to evaluate) · izh narria (to find fault) · is gagnrýna (to evaluate) · ckb ڕەخنە گرتن (to find fault) · ast esmolleyar (to find fault) · ary عيب (to find fault) · pl oceniać (to evaluate) · mi whakatōngā (to find fault) · ga cáin (to evaluate) · pt criticar (to find fault) · ka გაკიცხვა (to find fault) · hy քննադատել (to evaluate) · it giudicare (to evaluate) · vi chỉ trích (to find fault) · it criticare (to find fault) · pl krytykować (to find fault) · el κρίνω (to evaluate) · id mengkritik (to evaluate)