find fault en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(followed by with, idiomatic, intransitive, often) To criticize something excessively.
My supervisor always finds fault with my work.
No matter what I do, he always finds fault.
When one has an intimate knowledge of a business it is easy—and to some extent self-satisfying—to find fault with the way it is run by those in charge.
1959 November, “Talking of Trains: The anti-railway prejudice”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518:I tell you this because the latter used to find fault with me in regard to you. Well, he has found by personal experience that he is not so easy to pacify, and that on my part no zeal has been lacking either on his or your behalf.
1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| finding fault | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| found fault | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| found fault | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| finds fault | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
Synonyms
Translations (25)
cmn 挑錯 /挑错 (criticize excessively) · tr kulp takmak (criticize excessively) · mi whakakoha (criticize excessively) · fr pinailler (criticize excessively) · pl skrytykować (criticize excessively) · th จับผิด (criticize excessively) · ru придра́ться (criticize excessively) · hu beleköt (criticize excessively) · hu kifogásol (criticize excessively) · ja 咎める (criticize excessively) · hu akadékoskodik (criticize excessively) · tyz bỏn (criticize excessively) · la incūsō (criticize excessively) · cmn 挑剔 (criticize excessively) · tr hatalı bulmak (criticize excessively) · pl krytykować (criticize excessively) · tr aşırı eleştirmek (criticize excessively) · cmn 找岔子 (criticize excessively) · ru придира́ться (criticize excessively) · te తప్పుపట్టు (criticize excessively) · ga faigh locht ar (criticize excessively) · fi olla sanomista (criticize excessively) · ja 揚げ足を取る (criticize excessively) · eo kritiki (criticize excessively) · vi bắt bẻ (criticize excessively)