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criticizing

criticizing is the present participle and gerund of criticize.

Meaning of criticize

Verb

criticize (third-person singular simple present criticizes, present participle criticizing, simple past and past participle criticized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive, transitive) To find fault (with something).
    • They criticized him for endangering people's lives.
    Synonyms:
    censure, pick at
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive, transitive) To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
    Synonyms:
    censure, appraise, judge

Words formed from criticizing

Questions about criticizing

What is criticizing the present participle and gerund of?
Criticizing is the present participle and gerund of criticize.

Words near criticizing in the dictionary

  1. criticized
  2. criticizer
  3. criticizers
  4. criticizes
  5. criticizin'
  6. criticizing
  7. criticizingly
  8. critick
  9. criticked
  10. critickin
  11. criticking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: criticizing (page history and authors); criticize (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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