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All find fault synonyms

find fault
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verb find fault

  • revile β€” to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
  • smear β€” to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
  • lash β€” an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
  • calumniate β€” to slander
  • 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.
  • fuss β€” an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
  • nitpick β€” to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
  • bother β€” If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  • censure β€” If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
  • objurgate β€” to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
  • peck β€” Annie Smith, 1850–1935, U.S. mountain climber.
  • reproach β€” to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
  • complain β€” to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
  • reprehend β€” to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
  • flay β€” to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
  • rate β€” the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
  • reprove β€” to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • monish β€” to admonish.
  • bewail β€” If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
  • repine β€” to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
  • grouse β€” any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
  • dissent β€” to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
  • disapprove β€” to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • indict β€” (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
  • bitch β€” If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
  • differ β€” to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
  • nag β€” to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
  • beef β€” Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
  • refute β€” to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
  • grieve β€” to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
  • whimper β€” to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
  • attack β€” To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
  • charge β€” If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
  • deplore β€” If you say that you deplore something, you think it is very wrong or immoral.
  • carp β€” A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
  • contravene β€” To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
  • bellyache β€” Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
  • groan β€” a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
  • wail β€” to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
  • defy β€” If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
  • ascribe β€” If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.
  • growl β€” to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility: The dog growled at the mail carrier.
  • bemoan β€” If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
  • snivel β€” to weep or cry with sniffling.
  • lay β€” to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
  • gainsay β€” to deny, dispute, or contradict.
  • yammer β€” to whine or complain.
  • deprecate β€” If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
  • whine β€” to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
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