Synonyms for criticize
ˈkrɪt əˌsaɪzcrit·i·cize

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1. knock, criticize, criticise, pick apartverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   bump, strike hard, knock, ping, pink, criticise, rap, pick apart, tap

   Antonyms:
   praise

2. criticize, criticiseverb

   act as a critic

   "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"

   Synonyms:
   pick apart, criticise, knock

   Antonyms:
   praise

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1. List of paraphrases for "criticize":

   criticise, criticizes, slam, slams, critique, criticizing

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How to use criticize in a sentence?

1. Uzbekistan John Herbst:

   I think it speaks to the ambiguities of our policy on The Russians. Point of fact, the policy overall is pretty good. It could be better, but it's pretty good. But you have the unusual factor of the President's unwillingness to criticize President Putin or the Kremlin. And so that makes the policy a little bit unusual, and that's obviously not a positive.

2. Julian Zelizer:

   I haven't seen anything like this, there have obviously been presidents who criticize the press and try to limit their access. Almost every president had some kind of tension with the press and some like Richard Nixon create their own enemies list. FDR used fireside chats as a way to control his message around conservative newspaper publishers. But now we are in a whole different ballgame.

3. Donald Trump on Monday:

   When he talks about the taking of land -- the Bush family used the taking of land, eminent domain, on Texas stadium. So you look at this kind of stuff, it's absolutely amazing, how can he criticize me for using eminent domain when his own family used it?

4. Steny Hoyer:

   Ms. Cheney and Mr. Kinzinger have shown great courage to call out and criticize and ask accountability for language such as Ms. Boebert used.

5. D. J. Hicks:

   Paranoids are people, too they have their own problems. It's easy to criticize, but if everybody hated you, you'd be paranoid too.