What is another word for criticize ?

give someone a dressing-down

To find fault (with something)

pummelled^UK

pummel^US

give someone a roasting

remonstrate with

let someone have it

give someone a rollicking

rap over the knuckles

baste

tongue-lash

give someone a telling-off

give someone a bollocking

give someone an earful

jaw

pull up

give someone what for

belittle

give someone a mouthful

wig

assail

score

give someone a wigging

give someone a rating

belabor^US

belabour^UK

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

minimize^US

minimise^UK

stigmatize^US

jump down one's throat

stigmatise^UK

give someone a bad press

declaim

tear to pieces

trivialize^US

underestimate

express disapproval of

kick up a stink about

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

trivialise^UK

give a piece of one's mind

give something a battering

give something a bad press

make light of

bite someone's head off

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

express a poor opinion of

demonize^US

demonise^UK

dishonour^UK

dishonor^US

snap someone's head off

lodge a protest against

express disagreement with

sully the reputation of

lay out

blacken the reputation of

be in opposition to

take a swipe at

conduct a smear campaign against

frown upon

laugh at

rag on

complain vociferously about

jump down someone's throat

lose one's temper with

satirize^US

satirise^UK

blacken someone's reputation

moralise^UK

moralize^US

have someone on the carpet

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give someone bondi

make fun of

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

mete out punishment to

make an example of

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

give someone a carpeting

express strong disapproval of

set upon

rap knuckles

come down on like a ton of bricks

give a tongue-lashing

speak of with disfavour

think badly of

be unkind about

express disapprobation

blacken the character of

have a pop at

sling mud at

express disapprobation of

injure one's reputation

damage one's good name

hold someone to blame

send someone away with a flea in his

express objections to

disagree violently with

make a protest against

kick against

make a stand against

put up a fight against

complain bitterly about

kick up

take great exception to

baulk^UK

balk^US

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

drag through the mire

look down one's nose at

flout

underemphasize

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

run a smear campaign against

blacken someone's name

jibe at

sneeze at

sully someone's reputation

drag someone's name through the mud

treat disrespectfully

dehumanize^US

dehumanise^UK

write false reports about

drag name through mud

drag someone's name through the mire

bastardize^US

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

lower someone's dignity

lower someone's status

set too little store by

give a bad name to

make someone eat crow

cause to lose face

lose face

put someone in their place

take down a peg or two

bastardise^UK

abandon one's principles

be contemptuous about

be allergic to

show contempt for

turn up one's nose at

hurt somebody's feelings

quiz

injure the reputation of

cast aspersion

blacken someone's character

tarnish someone's name

taint someone's name

stain someone's good name

ruin the reputation of

damage someone's reputation

destroy someone's credibility

imitate

defame someone's character

have a crack at

make cutting remarks about

tell someone to get lost

have no use for

have contempt for

refuse to acknowledge

give the cold shoulder to

sweep aside

give someone the brush-off

cold-shoulder

cast aside

look right through someone

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“I actually appreciate those who criticize me in a constructive manner.”

Verb

To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults

critique

judge

scrutinise^UK

scrutinize^US

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“His friends would meet on a regular basis to exchange and criticize each other's literary work.”

Verb

raise trivial objections to

To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

make a mountain out of a molehill

make a big thing out of

make a big thing of

make a meal of

make a thing of

talk under your breath

make a scene

make a song and dance

kick up a stink about

kick up a fuss about

sound off about

bellyache about

complain vehemently about

pick nits

raise trivial objections

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Verb

breathe down someone's neck

To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way

get on someone's back

make things hot for someone

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

drive you up the wall

tyrannize^US

hack off

put out

make it hot for someone

tyrannise^UK

weigh heavily on one's mind

mess with someone's head

victimize^US

victimise^UK

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Verb

To comment or pass judgment on issues from a moral standpoint

moralise^UK

moralize^US

lecture

preach

preachify

sermonise^UK

sermonize^US

rationalise^UK

rationalize^US

theorise^UK

theorize^US

evangelize^US

evangelise^UK

express one's opinion

lay down the law

Verb

To explain meticulously or in great detail

put into plain English

state in layman's language

give an explanation of

explicitize^US

explicitise^UK

get something straight

fill out

stretch

get over

explain in simple terms

rationalize^US

rationalise^UK

summarize^US

emphasize^US

summarise^UK

emphasise^UK

reduce to the bare bones

color^US

colour^UK

popularize^US

popularise^UK

formalize^US

put flesh on the bones of

formalise^UK

make easier to understand

make more comprehensible

make more intelligible

make more accessible

make easy to understand

crystallize^US

crystallise^UK

itemize^US

catalogue^UK

give a demonstration of

show how something is done

show how something works

catalog^US

epitomize^US

itemise^UK

epitomise^UK

specialise^UK

specialize^US

civilize^US

civilise^UK

put through the grind

quote chapter and verse

sweat details

be specific about

get down to brass tacks

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Verb

To draw conclusions from an examination or assessment

gauge^UK

gage^US

make up one's mind about

form an impression of

categorize^US

categorise^UK

cipher^US

cypher^UK

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Verb

To analyze in great detail

pick apart

probe

evaluate

inspect

scrutinise^UK

scrutinize^US

go over with a fine-tooth comb

inquire into

look over

put under a microscope

dip one's toe in the water

get down to brass tacks

leave no stone unturned

inquire^US

enquire^UK

subject to an examination

conduct an enquiry into

reconnoitre^UK

reconnoiter^US

conduct an investigation into

try to get to the bottom of

experiment with

turn over

conduct investigations into

put something through its paces

give something a going-over

ruminate on

give something a once-over

sift the evidence concerning

search the evidence concerning

carry out an inquest into

puzzle over

give thought to

conduct an inquiry into

take under consideration

follow a line of investigation

make an observation of

examine more carefully

run something up the flagpole

see how it flies

run idea by someone

run it up a flagpole

put someone through their paces

gage^US

hypothesize^US

hypothesise^UK

go through with a fine-tooth comb

graph

plot

gauge^UK

summarise^UK

summarize^US

conduct research into

figure

entertain

get a bird's-eye view of

give something a look-see

entertain the idea of

take into consideration

turn over in one's mind

revolve in one's mind

cast your mind back to

polish up

rehash

brush up

go over in one's mind

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Verb

(comment on) To express an opinion or reaction in speech or writing

Verb

To spread rumor or gossip

rumor^US

rumour^UK

tell tales out of school

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Verb

To offend the modesty or values of

scandalise^UK

scandalize^US

make somebody's hackles rise

give the cold shoulder

hit where one lives

put your back up

raise your hackles

ruffle one's feathers

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

hurt somebody's feelings

give someone the hump

appal^UK

put someone's nose out of joint

appall^US

agonize^US

agonise^UK

rub you up the wrong way

rattle someone's cage

tread on someone's toes

abominate

nag

make cross

drive round the twist

drive round the bend

drive you up the wall

raise eyebrows amongst

cause raised eyebrows

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

satirize^US

satirise^UK

get up someone's nose

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

set one's teeth on edge

stick in one's craw

make cutting remarks about

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

treat disrespectfully

make one's hair stand on end

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

rack

jar on

be on the back of

rattle someone's chain

set someone's teeth on edge

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

be a thorn in someone's flesh

belabor^US

minimize^US

belabour^UK

minimise^UK

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

stigmatize^US

raise someone's eyebrows

set someone back on their heels

shake out of your complacency

stigmatise^UK

attack somebody's dignity

give a turn

hit like ton of bricks

drag through the mire

speak ill of

cast a slur on

cast slur on

blacken the character of

run a smear campaign against

throw mud at

fling mud at

take the wind out of your sails

make someone's blood run cold

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Verb

To represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking