All censure synonyms
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C c verb censure
- discipline β training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- castigate β If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- chastise β If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- scold β to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- chide β If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
- berate β If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
- admonish β If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- rebuke β to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
- reprimand β a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- reproach β to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- rebuff β a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- asperse β to spread false rumours about; defame
- incriminate β to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- reprove β to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
- ostracize β to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- reprehend β to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- lecture β a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- backbite β to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
- cavil β If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
- impugn β to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- denigrate β If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
- blame β If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- upbraid β to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
- judge β Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
- knock β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- remonstrate β to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- deprecate β If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- contemn β to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
- abuse β Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- disparage β to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- animadvert β to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- criticise β criticize
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- slate β a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- ostracise β to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- cut up β If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
- tell off β to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
- get after β to pursue or attack
noun censure
- objection β a reason or argument offered in disagreement, opposition, refusal, or disapproval.
- obloquy β censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
- remonstrance β an act or instance of remonstrating.
- reprehension β the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- reproof β the act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking.
- stricture β a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- dressing down β an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.