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criticize
Word definitions for criticize in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Criticize or Criticise may refer to: the action of Criticism "Criticize" (song) , a 1987 Alexander O'Neal song
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES heavily criticized ▪ The report was heavily criticized in the press. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB also ▪ Former Prime Minister Jan Olszewski was also criticized . ▪ Bennett also criticized Gingrich for his handling ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 to find fault (with something) 2 to evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" [syn: knock , criticise , pick apart ] [ant: praise ] act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
criticize \criticize\ v. t. same as criticise ; as, The paper criticized the new movie.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "to pass judgment on something" (usually unfavorable), from critic + -ize . Meaning "to discuss critically" is from 1660s; that of "to censure" is from 1704. Related: Criticized ; criticizing .
Usage examples of criticize.
The problem was that so many who criticized his writings had never bothered to read them, Adams said.
He had never heard anyone but their former Spiritual Advisor, Brother Satake, come so close to criticizing his liege-lord.
People criticized General Dyer but certainly his action at Amritsar had nipped what could have have been a nasty bit of trouble in the bud.
No laboratory--so far as known--dares to invite inspection at any hour, even from men of the highest personal character, and leave them free to reveal or to publicly criticize whatever in the experiments upon animals there conducted seems worthy of caution or reproof.
I can hardly hear my own thoughtspicking, carping, criticizing, arguingoh, Titus, how they argue!
Young priests are leaving, some to get married, women are demanding to be allowed into the priesthood, the Vatican itself is critized for hoarding its vast wealth and not using it to feed the starving, to help the underprivileged, criticized for not condemning the violence in Northern Ireland more strongly, openly mocked its outdated views on birth control, divorce, and plenty of other topics which seem to have no relevance to today s society.
The majority per curiam opinion is likely to become one of the most analyzed, criticized, and defended opinions in the history of the Supreme Court.
Andrew Fastow, criticizing him for holding a second job as manager of investment funds that did deals with Enron.
Had Brachet confined himself solely to experiments on the sensibility of plants, we should have little to criticize.
And it was in the prosecution of this phase of research that certain experiments upon human beings were made, which have been criticized.
And who should be collapsing, instead scolding, correcting, reproving, criticizing, faultfinding without end!
Not to criticize your father, but I think the crafters expect us to keep their gifts and use them.
Not that he would ever criticize Bradley Johansson, but for plans that had been a hundred years in the making, their time frame was starting to look pretty shitty.
Buffon criticized the Linnaean method for relying upon characters so tenuous that it rendered the use of the microscope unavoidable.
We have never hesitated to criticize the action, and to condemn the errors, of the Makhzen where such a course has been needful in the public interest.