censure
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Sense: n.
Synonyms:
criticism Collocations, reproof, admonition, blame Collocations, objection, rebuke Collocations, disapproval, admonishment, castigation, chastisement, condemnation, dressing down , tongue-lashing , reprimand, telling-off , ticking-off , reproach
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Sense: v.
Synonyms:
criticize Collocations, criticise , blame Collocations, condemn, reprehend, denounce, judge Collocations, reprove, reprimand, rebuff, rebuke Collocations, reproach, upbraid, scold Collocations, attack Collocations, admonish, denigrate, tear apart, pull apart, pick apart, get after, dress down, snap at, bark at, tell off, animadvert, disapprove, impugn, disparage, deprecate, depreciate, lecture Collocations, take to task, berate, discipline Collocations, bring into discredit, chastise, carp at, incriminate, asperse, cavil, nitpick, remonstrate, fault Collocations, find fault with, frown upon, look askance, chide, ostracize, ostracise , castigate, comment upon, decry, inveigh against, damn Collocations, reprobate, exclaim against, fulminate against, cast blame upon, cast a slur upon, discountenance, contemn, blackball, bad-mouth, shoot down, curse out, cuss out, call down, cry down, slam Collocations, blast Collocations, sit on, rip into, light into, hit out at, knock Collocations, call on the carpet, rake over the coals, haul over the coals, rap on the knuckles, chew out, throw the first stone, cast the first stone, throw stones at, give a good talking to, take a dim view of, not speak well of, come down on, pick holes in, tell a thing or two, tear into, give one hell, cut up, jump on, cut one down to size, give a piece of one's mind, jump down one's throat, bring to book, read the riot act, put down, rap Collocations, pan Collocations, trash Collocations, bash Collocations, tick off , blacklist, bawl out , give a dressing-down to , call to account, have a go at
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