criticize
verbEtymology
From critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίσις (krísis, “decision, judgement”).
- derived from κριτικός
Definitions
To find fault (with something).
- They criticized him for endangering people's lives.
- Homophobia is based on criticizing any sexual expression outside of procreational sex.
- Since when is it a hanging offense to criticize someone who's not doing the job he's paid generously to do?
To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
The neighborhood
- synonymadmonish
- synonymanimadvert
- synonymbash
- synonymbawl out
- synonymslash
- synonymlash
- synonymblame
- synonymscorch
- synonymblast
- synonymberate
- synonymberisp
- synonymcastigate
- antonymcommend
- antonymcompliment
- antonymcongratulate
- antonymlaud
- antonympraise
- neighborcritic
- neighborcritical
- neighborcriticism
- neighborcriticizable
- neighborcritique
- neighborscold
- neighborcomplain
- neighbordiscipline
- neighborcommunicate
- neighborrevile
- neighbormaul
- neighborpan
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at criticize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at criticize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at criticize
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA