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Synonyms for criticisms
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : krit-uh-siz-uhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪt əˌsɪz əm |
Top 10 synonyms for criticisms Other synonyms for the word criticisms
- appreciation
- aspersion
- bad press
- blast
- brickbats
- Bronx cheer
- call down
- carping
- cavil
- caviling
- censure
- commentary
- critical remarks
- cut
- disparagement
- elucidation
- essay
- estimate
- evaluation
- examination
- exposition
- faultfinding
- flak
- hit
- knock
- nit-picking
- notice
- observation
- opprobrium
- pan
- panning
- put down
- quibble
- rap on knuckles
- rating
- rave
- reproof
- reviewal
- roast
- scorcher
- sideswipe
- slam
- slap
- slap on wrist
- sleighride
- static
- stricture
- study
- swipe
- vitriol
- write-up
- zapper
Définition of criticisms
Origin :- c.1600, "action of criticizing," from critic + -ism. Meaning "art of estimating literary worth" is from 1670s.
- noun interpretation, analysis
- noun verbal disapproval
- He kept it to himself, and heard in silence the criticisms made at the club-windows.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Mrs. Pendarves went to see it, and her criticisms are significant for the taste of the time.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- However, even on my verses, speak out your criticisms with equal frankness.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- I shall have the honour of receiving your criticisms in person at Dunlop.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Your criticisms, my honoured benefactress, are truly the work of a friend.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Three criticisms of the Territorial system have been made ever since its adoption in 1907.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- If he was in there, it was most annoying that he should hear these just criticisms.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Her criticisms were not confined to passengers of other nationalities.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Leave words to fools, Sir John, and criticisms to those that can defend them better.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- This is noticeable in reference to Cyrus' criticisms of their arms before battle.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
Antonyms for criticisms
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