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Present participle for to condemn or express strong disapproval of

Present participle for to criticize or castigate severely

Present participle for to express an unfavorable opinion of something or someone

Present participle for to accuse, blame, or pronounce someone guilty of wrongdoing

Present participle for to blame, or find fault with, for a wrongdoing

Present participle for to refuse, or to vote against

Present participle for to mock or ridicule, especially via satire

Present participle for to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

Not easy to please or satisfy

Severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners

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Verb

Present participle for to condemn or express strong disapproval of

finding fault with

inveighing against

letting someone have it

giving someone a bad press

giving something a bad press

declaring unfit

laying at one's door

pointing finger at

blowing whistle on

hanging something on

sending up the river

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“Reviewers were all too willing to censure young composers for blatant copying.”

Verb

Present participle for to criticize or castigate severely

remonstrating with

hauling over the coals

reading the riot act

giving a rocket

giving someone a roasting

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone hell

tearing off a strip

fulminating against

tearing a strip off

looking askance

“Rather than censure the young man for revealing his serious lapses that week, they were grateful for his admission of weakness.”

Verb

Present participle for to express an unfavorable opinion of something or someone

finding fault with

taking to pieces

giving someone a bad press

hauling over the coals

railing against

reading the riot act

giving someone a dressing-down

giving a rocket

tearing off a strip

giving someone a roasting

remonstrating with

letting someone have it

giving someone a rollicking

rapping over the knuckles

giving a talking-to

giving someone hell

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone an earful

giving someone what for

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a wigging

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone a rating

inveighing against

fulminating against

giving someone a row

giving someone a caning

stigmatizing^US

raking over the coals

stigmatising^UK

giving someone some stick

pulling to pieces

picking holes in

casting aspersions on

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

dragging through the mud

dishonouring^UK

pouring scorn on

throwing brickbats at

doing a hatchet job on

giving a bad press to

putting on the mat

animadverting on

bringing into disrepute

vituperating against

disapproving of

dragging through the mire

tearing a strip off

speaking ill of

giving some stick to

doing a number on

giving a bad name

bringing discredit to

bringing shame upon

scandalizing^US

casting a slur on

jumping down one's throat

giving a black eye

scandalising^UK

reflecting badly on

bringing shame on

giving a piece of one's mind

slinging mud at

flinging mud at

ripping up and down

nitpicking about

criticizing severely

tarring and feathering

calling on the carpet

running smear campaign

slapping someone's wrist

spreading scandal about

calling to account

picking to pieces

complaining about

coming down hard on

laying down the law

expressing disapproval of

detracting from

taking to the woodshed

taking issue with

underestimating

calling over the coals

tearing to pieces

going for the jugular

quibbling about

biting someone's head off

jumping all over

declaiming against

opposing strongly

passing strictures upon

making a fuss about

complaining vociferously about

taking down a peg

taking exception to

speaking out against

climbing all over

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

taking a stand against

raising objections to

trivializing^US

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

discountenancing

giving something a bad press

finding lacking

thundering against

giving something a battering

speaking evil of

nitpicking over

grouching about

snapping someone's head off

expostulating about

criticizing strongly

giving one hell

trivialising^UK

whingeing about

bellyaching about

hypercriticizing

throwing mud at

arguing against

protesting strongly at

protesting against

sounding off about

having someone on the carpet

tearing to shreds

blackening the name of

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

strongly criticizing

telling a thing or two

giving a going over

drawing the line

disagreeing violently with

making light of

kicking up a fuss

rapping on knuckles

slapping on wrist

giving the business

putting up a fight against

remonstrating about

splitting hairs

kicking against

bringing to book

jumping down someone's throat

complaining bitterly about

making a protest against

treating lightly

making a stand against

reprimanding severely

giving a rough time

assaulting verbally

disagreeing with

bringing under fire

reviewing unfavorably

jumping on one's case

showing someone up

exposing to ridicule

speaking badly of

rapping knuckles

giving comeuppance

animadverting upon

getting angry with

holding up to shame

raking over coals

giving tongue-lashing

cutting to bits

having words with

holding someone to blame

delivering a tirade to

giving bad press

criticizing harshly

pointing the finger

calling to task

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

criticizing hatefully

giving someone a carpeting

making an example of

meting out punishment to

giving a hard time

burning one's ears

dragging someone's name through the mud

dragging through mud

sounding off to

holding responsible

holding accountable

marginalizing^US

teaching a lesson

giving the devil

bringing to account

throwing the book at

marginalising^UK

giving someone stick

coming down on like a ton of bricks

giving a tongue-lashing

expressing strong disapproval of

giving piece of mind

giving going-over

passing judgment

taking a swipe at

cutting down to size

cutting to the quick

shooting full of holes

cracking down on

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

expressing disapprobation of

looking down on

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

lodging a protest against

taking exception

taking swipe at

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving the dickens

lowering the boom

putting in a bad light

showing in a bad light

blackening someone's name

bringing into disfavour

taking great exception to

kvetching about

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“There was not a horse or cow to stare at him from the opposite meadow, no human creature within ken, to censure his performance or criticize his appearance.”

Verb

Present participle for to accuse, blame, or pronounce someone guilty of wrongdoing

holding accountable

holding responsible

declaring guilty

assigning fault to

laying the blame on

placing the blame on

pronouncing guilty

assigning guilt to

assigning liability to

considering guilty of

pointing the finger

finding guilty of

holding someone answerable

proving to be guilty

bringing charges against

calling to account

preferring charges against

laying charges against

laying at one's door

prosecuting for

putting on trial for

bringing to trial for

taking to court for

filing charges against

making accusations about

serving summons

recriminating for

bringing charges

hanging something on

incriminating for

blowing the whistle

laying a guilt trip on

passing the buck

shifting the blame

laying a bad trip on

facing with charges

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“Are you so ungenerous to censure and blame him for the money not being paid?”

Verb

Present participle for to blame, or find fault with, for a wrongdoing

Verb

Present participle for to refuse, or to vote against

discountenancing

placing an embargo on

putting an end to

giving the thumbs down to

giving the red light to

putting a stop to

declaring null and void

refusing permission to

giving thumbs down

putting the kibosh on

criminalizing^US

criminalising^UK

declaring ineligible

putting an embargo on

declaring illegal

giving something a miss

officially forbidding

steering clear of

giving thumbs down to

denying access to

refusing to admit

shutting the door on

declaring incapable

making something punishable

declaring something a punishable offence

shutting out of

refusing to employ

considering undesirable

placing an injunction on

placing injunction on

disfellowshiping

disfellowshipping

not considering

closing one's doors to

putting paid to

forgetting about

disacknowledging

giving the brush-off to

turning thumbs down

standing in the way

declaring taboo

making impossible

making it impossible for

making impracticable

making it impracticable for

putting the chill on

leaving out in the cold

refusing entrance to

standing in the way of

refusing admission to

giving the cold shoulder to

giving the thumbs down

withholding patronage

imposing sanctions

abstaining from

having nothing to do with

cold-shouldering

refusing to take part in

holding aloof from

washing your hands of

refraining from

turning your back on

staying away from

giving a wide berth to

giving the red light

failing to mention

dispensing with

failing to include

letting something slide

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Verb

Present participle for to mock or ridicule, especially via satire

Verb

Present participle for to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

Adjective

Not easy to please or satisfy

unaccommodating

over-particular

high-maintenance

over-censorious

hard to satisfy

pass-remarkable

overly solicitous

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Adjective

Severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners

pass-remarkable

full of reproof

severely critical

unfavourable^UK

over-censorious

uncomplimentary

difficult to please

impossible to please

on someone's back

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