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overcriticize

overcriticize verb: to criticize too much.

Verb

overcriticize (third-person singular simple present overcriticizes, present participle overcriticizing, simple past and past participle overcriticized)

  1. To criticize too much.

Forms of overcriticize

third-person singular presentovercriticizes
present participleovercriticizing
past participleovercriticized
pastovercriticized

Origin of overcriticize

From over- + criticize.

Questions about overcriticize

What does overcriticize mean?
Overcriticize means to criticize too much.
What part of speech is overcriticize?
Overcriticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcriticize?
The past tense of overcriticize is overcriticized.

Words near overcriticize in the dictionary

  1. overcriminalization
  2. overcritical
  3. overcritically
  4. overcriticalness
  5. overcriticism
  6. overcriticize
  7. overcriticized
  8. overcriticizes
  9. overcriticizing
  10. overcroft
  11. overcrofts

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