criticize
Syllables: crit·i·cize/ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/
criticize verb: to find fault (with something).
Verb
criticize (third-person singular simple present criticizes, present participle criticizing, simple past and past participle criticized)
- 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.1988 August 13, Elizabeth Pincus, “1978 Revisited”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 7
- To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
criticize meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
criticize in Tamil
- குறைகாண், குற்றங்கூறு, திறனாய், விமர்சி
criticize in Bengali
- সমালোচনা করা
criticize in Telugu
- to criticize
- ఎన్ను ennu
criticize in Malayalam
- censure, find fault with, denounce
- വിമർശിക്കുക, കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തുക, കുറ്റംചുമത്തുക, കുറ്റം കാണുക, കുറ്റം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക, ആരോപണം ചുമത്തുക
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- criticize in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪು ತೋರಿಸು, ಕಣ್ಣರಸು, ಒರೆದುನೋಡು, ತೆಗಳ್
- criticize in Odia
- ସମାଲୋଚନା କରିବାକୁ
- criticize in Nepali
- छुनु chunu
- criticize in Arabic
- اِنْتَقَدَ intaqada, نَقَدَ naqada
- criticize in Indonesian
- mengiktirad, mengkritik
- criticize in Persian
- عیبجویی کردن 'eybjuyi kardan
- criticize in Thai
- ติ dtì, วิจารณ์ wí-jaan
- criticize in Vietnamese
- chỉ trích
Examples of criticize in a sentence
- Phrases such as officer-involved shooting are often criticized as examples of passive voice.
- The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
- The movie was criticized for its repetitive scenes and predictable plot.
Synonyms of criticize
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Antonyms
Forms of criticize
| third-person singular present | criticizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | criticizing |
| past participle | criticized |
| past | criticized |
| alternative form | criticise |
Origin of criticize
From critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίσις (krísis, “decision, judgement”).
Words formed from criticize
Questions about criticize
- What does criticize mean?
- Criticize means to find fault (with something).
- What is criticize in Tamil?
- Criticize in Tamil is குறைகாண், குற்றங்கூறு, திறனாய். See Criticize meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is criticize?
- Criticize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce criticize?
- Criticize is pronounced /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/.
- What is the past tense of criticize?
- The past tense of criticize is criticized.
Words near criticize in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: criticize (page history and authors); criticize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); criticize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఎన్ను (Telugu) (page history and authors); criticize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); criticize (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); criticize (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); छुनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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