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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

criticize
    v 1: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or
         perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie";
         "Don't knock the food--it's free" [syn: knock,
         criticize, criticise, pick apart] [ant: praise]
    2: act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not
       perfect, either" [syn: criticize, criticise]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

criticize \criticize\ v. t.
   same as criticise; as, The paper criticized the new movie.
   [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for criticize:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

annotate, appraise, assess, attack, blame, blast, carp at, carper, castigate, caviler, censure, comment upon, condemn, criticizer, critique, cut up, deal with, denounce, denunciate, descant, disapprove of, discourse, discuss, dissert, dissertate, estimate, evaluate, faultfinder, fulminate against, fustigate, go into, handle, hit, impugn, inquire into, judge, knock, knocker, lambaste, momus, moralize upon, pan, pull to pieces, put down, rap, remark upon, reprehend, reprobate, review, roast, scathe, skin, slam, slate, smellfungus, snipe at, survey, take to task, take up, touch upon, treat, treat of, value, write up

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