Synonyms for find fault

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawlt

Phonetic Transcription : fɔlt

Top 10 synonyms for find fault

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for find fault

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