Antonyms for find fault
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fawlt |
Phonetic Transcription : fɔlt |
- absolve
- accept
- agree
- aid
- allow
- applaud
- approve
- assent
- assist
- assuage
- be content
- be happy
- build up
- commend
- compliment
- concede
- concur
- consent
- defend
- delight
- discourage
- dissuade
- endorse
- estimate
- exalt
- exculpate
- exonerate
- flatter
- forgive
- give in
- give up
- gloat
- go along
- guess
- harmonize
- help
- honor
- ignore
- keep
- laud
- let go
- lose
- make happy
- make peace
- please
- praise
- protect
- ratify
- recommend
- retreat
- sanction
- soothe
- speak clearly
- support
- suppose
- surrender
- uphold
- yield
Definition of find fault
Origin :- late 13c., faute, "deficiency," from Old French faute (12c.) "opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency," from Vulgar Latin *fallita "a shortcoming, falling," noun use of fem. past participle, from Latin falsus "deceptive, feigned, spurious," past participle of fallere "deceive, disappoint" (see fail).
- The -l- was restored 16c., probably in imitation of Latin, but was not pronounced till 18c. Sense of "physical defect" is from early 14c.; that of "moral culpability" is first recorded late 14c. Geological sense is from 1796. The use in tennis (c.1600) is closer to the etymological sense.
- As in knock : verb criticize harshly
- As in nag : verb harass, bother
- As in niggle : verb nitpick
- As in pick at/pick on : verb nag, provoke
- As in quarrel : verb disagree
- As in remonstrate : verb argue against
- As in bad-mouth : verb to denigrate
- As in vituperate : verb criticize harshly
- As in cavil : verb quibble
- As in pick on : verb nag
- As in carp : verb nag
- As in chide : verb criticize, lecture
- As in complain : verb grumble about
- As in criticize : verb disapprove, judge as bad
- As in grouch : verb complain a lot
- As in grumble : verb complain
- I would rather have you find fault with me like a friend than approve me like a dilettante.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- If my mother had not me to find fault with, she must find fault with somebody else.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The most venomous tongue could not find fault in my conduct.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Had there been, however, I was far too hungry to find fault with it.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- He had just been fretted sufficiently to find fault with her dress.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- Yet his patches were all Ellen—so far—had seen in Jolly to find fault with.
- Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- None could find fault with their thews and sinews, and as for their spirit, it is for us to see it does not fail.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- I do not think Raoul will find fault with her on that score.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 » by Various
- Sometimes they find fault with every single thing one wants to do.
- Extract from : « Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm » by Mabel C. Hawley
- Then if you suppose that he does, how can you have the imprudence to find fault with her before him?
- Extract from : « A Simple Story » by Mrs. Inchbald
Synonyms for find fault
- abuse
- accuse
- admonish
- alive
- altercate
- animadvert
- animadvert on
- annoy
- argue
- ascribe
- asperse
- attack
- badger
- bait
- bark at
- bash
- battle
- bawl out
- be at loggerheads
- beef
- belittle
- bellyache
- bemoan
- berate
- bewail
- bicker
- bitch
- blame
- blast
- blister
- bother
- brawl
- break with
- bug
- bully
- bump
- call down
- call on the carpet
- calumniate
- carp
- carp at
- castigate
- caterwaul
- cavil
- censure
- challenge
- charge
- chastise
- check
- chew out
- chide
- clash
- clobber
- collide
- combat
- come down on
- complain
- condemn
- contend
- contest
- contravene
- criticize
- cross swords
- curse
- cut down
- cut down to size
- cut to bits
- cut up
- decry
- defy
- demur
- denounce
- denunciate
- deplore
- deprecate
- differ
- dis
- disagree
- disapprove
- disparage
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- do a number on
- dog
- dress down
- dump on
- eat
- egg
- embroil
- except
- excoriate
- expostulate
- exprobate
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- find fault
- flay
- fluff
- foment
- fret
- frown upon
- fulminate against
- fuss
- fustigate
- gainsay
- get at
- get to
- get tough with
- give a hard time
- give bad press
- goad
- grieve
- gripe
- groan
- grouch
- grouse
- growl
- grumble
- harry
- hassle
- have it out
- have words
- heckle
- hector
- hit
- hound
- hypercriticize
- importune
- impute
- incite
- indict
- instigate
- insult
- inveigh
- irk
- irritate
- jump on
- kick
- kick up a fuss
- knock
- kvetch
- lambaste
- lament
- lash
- lay
- lesson
- lock horns
- look askance
- make a fuss
- malign
- mix it up
- moan
- monish
- mudsling
- murmur
- mutter
- nag
- nag at
- needle
- nit-pick
- nitpick
- nudge
- object
- object to
- objurgate
- oppose
- pan
- peck
- pester
- pick at
- plague
- pooh pooh
- prod
- protest
- provoke
- pule
- put down
- quibble
- rail
- rain
- rap
- rate
- rebuke
- recriminate
- refute
- remonstrate
- repine
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- resist
- revile
- ride
- rip
- rip into
- roast
- row
- run down
- scathe
- scold
- scorch
- scrap
- set to
- skin
- skin alive
- slam
- slander
- slap on the wrist
- slog
- slug
- smear
- snivel
- sound off
- spar
- spat
- speak to
- squabble
- squawk
- start
- strive
- struggle
- take a dig at
- take down
- take down a peg
- take exception
- take exception to
- take issue
- take it out on
- take on
- talk to
- tangle
- tear down
- tear into
- tear to pieces
- tease
- tell off
- tick off
- tongue-lash
- torment
- traduce
- trash
- trim
- upbraid
- urge
- vary
- vex
- vilify
- wail
- war
- whimper
- whine
- withstand
- work on
- worry
- wrangle
- yammer
- yell at
- zap
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