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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1. Jens Walter:

   The idea here is not really to criticize the modern lifestyle and its practices, modern lifestyle has tremendous benefits, but obviously, there is a good possibility it also came with a trade-off or collateral damage, and the idea is really to find what is it in modern lifestyle that potentially causes this collateral damage.

2. Kirsten Wild:

   A bit upsetting to see comments aimed at Kirsten though, it's easy to criticize from a slow-mo aerial shot.

3. Eduardo Maia:

   Under Brazilian law, Montalvão's order was perfectly legal, whatsApp and Facebook weren't providing or storing information that our Internet laws require them to keep, and for them to criticize the judge for that is rather arrogant.

4. Giuliani Giuliani:

   I don't feel this love of America, i believe his initial approach is to criticize the United States.

5. Sadaf Farooqi:

   Cambridge University's easy to rush to judgment and criticize people for their weight, but the science shows that things are far more complex, we have far less control over our weight than we might wish to think.