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Present participle for to criticize or find fault with something
Present participle for to complain about something
Present participle for to disprove a statement, theory or belief
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize or find fault with something
condemning
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
knocking
denigrating
disparaging
slamming
slating
attacking
rubbishing
belittling
deriding
impugning
faulting
running down
bad-mouthing
slagging off
finding fault with
scoffing at
pulling to pieces
doing down
having a go at
finding lacking
nitpicking over
objecting to
taking exception to
taking issue with
tearing to shreds
arguing against
panning
dissing
lambasting
pulling apart
deprecating
trashing
censuring
roasting
blasting
hammering
vilifying
laying into
pillorying
savaging
maligning
putting down
slurring
casting aspersions on
pouring scorn on
bashing
derogating
crucifying
excoriating
denouncing
hitting out at
pummelling
UK
pummeling
bagging
reprehending
flaming
aspersing
skewering
slashing
abusing
giving a bad press to
reviling
arraigning
tearing into
railing against
besmirching
inveighing against
castigating
nitpicking about
reprobating
lacing to
throwing brickbats at
cutting up
objurgating
giving some stick to
taking to pieces
cavilling at
carping at
mauling
rating
reproving
animadverting on
vituperating against
scathing
disapproving of
giving flak to
chastising
ridiculing
picking to pieces
shooting down
doing a hatchet job on
reproaching
reprimanding
flaying
decrying
undervaluing
underestimating
discrediting
taking to task
vituperating
scorning
underrating
trivializing
US
hauling over the coals
sledging
treating lightly
detracting from
pooh-poohing
making light of
depreciating
slagging
sneering at
jumping on
blaming
fulminating against
misprizing
dragging through the mud
dispraising
holding cheap
trivialising
UK
dressing down
taking down
minimizing
US
assailing
dismissing
potshotting
blistering
defaming
belaboring
US
mocking
ripping
crying down
bagging on
scorching
belabouring
UK
finding fault
minifying
talking down
writing off
playing down
look down one's nose at
minimising
UK
nit-picking
berating
rebuking
complaining about
diminishing
carpeting
traducing
deflating
discounting
vilipending
trash-talking
detracting
giving a rocket
cutting down
bawling out
kissing off
carping
tearing a strip off
chewing out
tearing off a strip
laughing off
laughing at
coming down on
rapping
giving someone a bad press
picking at
passing strictures upon
downgrading
smearing
nagging at
grousing about
quibbling about
carping about
grouching about
whining about
moaning about
beefing about
whingeing about
bellyaching about
griping about
admonishing
caning
bollocking
chiding
disdaining
sounding off about
rollicking
lashing
haranguing
fustigating
lampooning
selling short
skinning
marginalising
UK
degrading
slandering
tearing apart
judging
sailing into
nitpicking
passing judgment
getting at
lowering
reaming out
giving someone a bollocking
denunciating
throwing shade
criticizing severely
dumping on
giving someone a roasting
calumniating
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a rollicking
giving someone hell
marginalizing
US
tearing down
tearing to pieces
remonstrating with
giving something a battering
taking down a peg
animadverting upon
lashing into
scourging
cavilling
UK
jeering at
caviling
US
knocking off
devaluing
debasing
bringing down
writing down
demeaning
squashing
understating
cutting to the quick
squelching
downplaying
taking a swipe at
shooting full of holes
cutting down to size
holding someone to blame
holding accountable
complaining to
questioning
calling to account
holding responsible
doing a number on
giving the business
hitting
fluffing
zapping
trimming
clobbering
slogging
inveighing
skinning alive
cutting to bits
slugging
giving bad press
libeling
US
speaking badly of
libelling
UK
speaking ill of
sneering
putting hooks in
giving someone bondi
pitching into
weighing into
destroying
giving something a bad press
taking apart
refuting
scolding
lashing out
jumping down one's throat
jumping on one's case
starting on
biting someone's head off
snapping someone's head off
assaulting verbally
piling in
going for the jugular
starting in
taking on
arguing with
disagreeing with
upbraiding
reading the riot act
humbling
spurning
discountenancing
contemning
looking down on
slighting
disgracing
clamoring against
getting angry with
dishonouring
UK
insulting
dishonoring
US
shaming
blackening
smirching
stigmatizing
US
sullying
humiliating
stigmatising
UK
scandalizing
US
tarnishing
scandalising
UK
staining
disrespecting
tainting
giving a bad name
taunting
injuring
slinging mud at
dragging through the mire
abasing
chastening
cheapening
besmearing
defiling
reducing
bringing into disrepute
giving a black eye
speaking evil of
throwing mud at
flinging mud at
blotting
jeering
scoffing
damaging
soiling
bringing discredit to
casting a slur on
muckraking
bringing shame upon
spreading scandal about
lessening
blackening the name of
spotting
disregarding
sinking
befouling
reflecting badly on
fouling
bringing shame on
despising
spoiling
deploring
blotching
breathing on
badmouthing
offending
affronting
running smear campaign
making fun of
ripping up and down
tarring and feathering
snubbing
gibing
backbiting
nagging
disapproving
twitting
teasing
railing
mortifying
poking fun at
spreading lies about
ragging
calling down
tongue-lashing
misrepresenting
casting down
caricaturing
disesteeming
burlesquing
sullying the reputation of
lecturing
girding
expostulating
sniffing at
recriminating
reaming
embarrassing
outraging
telling lies about
backstabbing
wounding
treating with contempt
brushing aside
giving a talking-to
ragging on
execrating
blackening the character of
slapping
demonizing
US
demonising
UK
anathematizing
cursing
blackening the reputation of
satirizing
US
flouting
conducting a smear campaign against
animadverting
sneezing at
underemphasizing
rejecting
basting
disfavoring
disfavouring
de-emphasizing
remonstrating
jawing
satirising
UK
letting someone have it
undermining
poisoning
running a smear campaign against
glossing over
blackening someone's name
telling off
jibing at
rating too low
setting little store by
holding in contempt
doing an injustice to
holding up to ridicule
railing at
raking over the coals
laying down the law
dragging someone's name through the mud
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone an earful
ranting at
turning your nose up at
lowering the status of
giving someone a dressing-down
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone a rating
expressing disapproval of
oppressing
persecuting
hurting
fulminating
hosing
raging
zinging
declaiming
belying
ignoring
compromising
abhorring
villainizing
proscribing
jibing
miscalling
slanging
opposing
objecting
prostituting
travestying
tormenting
prejudicing
scouting
blemishing
talking trash
expressing a poor opinion of
remonstrating against
treating disrespectfully
wigging
keelhauling
scoring
rowing
dehumanizing
US
calling names
sounding off
slinging mud
putting away
sending up
putting in a bad light
dehumanising
UK
showing up
ranking out
quipping at
brushing off
shrugging off
desecrating
ripping up
writing false reports about
giving Bronx cheer
pulling up
spreading tales about
regarding with contempt
marking wrong
ticking off
taking the mickey
dragging name through mud
turning up one's nose
giving someone a wigging
thinking too little of
bringing to book
slapping someone's wrist
bringing low
yelling at
heaping scorn on
giving comeuppance
making a fuss about
giving someone some stick
giving someone what for
giving someone a row
looking down upon
taking the piss out of
kicking up a stink about
lighting to
bringing shame to
setting no store by
speaking of with disfavour
hooting
demoting
having a pop at
spiting
gossipping
lying
gossiping
gossiping about
devaluating
crushing
complaining
sniping at
harshing
labelling
UK
labeling
US
riding
poormouthing
disvaluing
lying about
commenting negatively
holding forth against
cocking a snook
hating
annoying
marking down
taking away
provoking
mistrusting
repudiating
imprecating
blowing off
cussing out
shouting at
swearing at
aggravating
throwing stones at
taking swipe at
blackguarding
ruining
condescending
putting zingers on
casting slur on
misbidding
misrespecting
sniping
making little of
upsetting
bringing under fire
bemeaning
reviewing unfavorably
criticizing strongly
deigning
taking a dig at
bastardizing
US
not doing justice
thundering against
complaining of
raking
ranting
thinking little of
dragging through mud
betraying
knocking off high horse
lessoning
accusing
jawboning
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
underpricing
underprizing
criticizing unfairly
casting a slur upon
bad mouthing
attainting
owning
swiping
fleering
sniggering
jesting
cracking
laughing
dumping
rallying
treating contemptuously
showing contempt for
abominating
making jokes about
giving black eye
laying on
calling to task
pointing the finger
giving the devil
dragging down
losing face
putting someone in their place
making someone eat crow
taking down a peg or two
giving a bad name to
causing to lose face
thumbing one's nose
selling out
messing with
storming
discommending
negating
disobliging
irritating
beating down
failing to appreciate
setting too little store by
not supporting
yapping
bawling
yelping
knocking down
plastering
blaspheming
strumpeting
bastardising
UK
profaning
jiving
exposing
defying
framing
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
giving offence to
ribbing
punishing
shunning
kidding
ripping into
laying out
naming
adjudging
pronouncing
causing offence to
chaffing
razzing
failing
disobeying
cutting dead
disowning
disclaiming
discarding
having at
going after
working over
cracking down on
hurting somebody's feelings
stepping on one's toes
quizzing
jinxing
digging
bantering
mimicking
declaring unfit
gibing at
threaping
cautioning
blowing whistle on
laying at one's door
hanging something on
pointing finger at
pinning it on
sending up the river
disciplining
imitating
misjudging
showing in a bad light
telling someone to get lost
saying contemptuously
making cutting remarks about
having a crack at
curling your lip at
underweening
bringing into disfavour
doing
frowning on
holding in disdain
lookng down at
preaching
impersonating
casting aside
giving the cold shoulder to
cold-shouldering
giving someone the brush-off
sweeping aside
aping
louting
refusing to acknowledge
having no use for
having contempt for
spoofing
thundering
taking to the woodshed
putting on the mat
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
blowing up
jumping down someone's throat
giving someone a caning
going on at
keeping after
having someone on the carpet
slapping down
copying
miming
poking mullock at
challenging
vociferating
protesting strongly
speaking out
making sport of
distorting
perverting
exaggerating
flouting at
taking for granted
expostulating about
making a protest
making a stand
ranting about
parodying
taking off
putting on
doing an impression of
doing a takeoff of
protesting against
opposing strongly
mouthing off about
going on about
excepting
raining
objecting strongly to
expressing disagreement with
speaking out against
griping
kicking
squabbling
raising objections to
dissenting
bickering
frowning upon
resisting
taking issue
arguing
complaining vociferously about
fighting
lodging a protest against
kicking up a fuss about
combatting
taking exception
taking a stand against
combating
withstanding
disputing
demurring
more ❯
“It's really not too difficult to
pick holes in
this poorly-thought-out plan.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain about something
complaining
grumbling
whining
grouching
whingeing
beefing
griping
moaning
quibbling
carping
bellyaching
grousing
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
twining
sounding off
fussing
bleating
nitpicking
objecting
finding fault with
objecting to
nit-picking
grizzling
nagging
inveighing
grumping
kvetching
denouncing
criticizing
US
protesting
chuntering
mithering
criticising
UK
kicking up a fuss
finding fault
creating
speaking out against
plaining over
muttering
wailing
growling
screaming
keening
murmuring
caterwauling
repining
crabbing
whimpering
hollering
squealing
squawking
yowling
croaking
maundering
kicking
niggling
yammering
splitting hairs
yawping
yauping
groaning
bewailing
grieving
dissenting
sniveling
US
pettifogging
taking exception to
nattering
cribbing
hypercriticizing
expressing concern
making a fuss
lamenting
chirping
kicking up a stink
going on about
showing concern
knocking
bemoaning
remonstrating
reproaching
snivelling
UK
inveighing against
railing at
opposing
charging
deploring
complaining about
contravening
disagreeing
ascribing
indicting
speaking up
defying
accusing
laying
looking askance
differing
deprecating
putting the boot in
imputing
gainsaying
disapproving
expostulating
fretting
refuting
demurring
making a complaint
attacking
lodging a complaint
running down
carrying on
faulting
querying
cavilling at
carping about
raising trivial objections to
chopping logic
making a fuss about
fulminating against
disagreeing with
protesting against
decrying
condemning
censuring
scolding
going on
fulminating
blustering
spouting
puling
ranting
quibbling about
kvetching about
niggling about
crying
mourning
howling
taking exception
sulking
screeching
greeting
pouting
raising objections
expressing disapproval
moping
scowling
snarling
bothering
feeling sorry for yourself
bawling
sorrowing
yelping
mumbling
raising a ruckus
crying the blues
wittering
kicking up a storm
roaring
regretting
brooding
ruing
rueing
making a stand
taking a stand
putting up a fight
excepting
yapping
beefing about
raising Cain
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
arguing
repenting
taking on
expressing regret about
gurning
whispering
pleading
sighing
squalling
blowing off steam
bickering
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
going on at
talking under your breath
anathematizing
execrating
cursing
making a scene
wauling
weeping
ululating
making a song and dance
screaming bloody murder
blubbering
yelling
making a big thing out of
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a big thing of
making a meal of
making a thing of
crying out
disparaging
shrieking
sobbing
dwelling on
repeating
raging
keeping on
ragging
sorrowing for
sorrowing about
sighing over
grieving over
grouching about
sounding off about
picking on
bellyaching about
complaining vehemently about
panning
objurgating
pecking
snorting
picking holes
rubbishing
slandering
sniping
maligning
kicking up a rumpus
picking at
trashing
badmouthing
squeaking
grunting
harping upon
pestering
dwelling upon
disturbing
sneering
bad-mouthing
slagging off
pulling to pieces
taking apart
speaking ill of
raving
cutting up
gnarring
gnarling
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
harping on
doing a hatchet job on
barking
huffing
expressing objections
expressing objections to
minding
expressing disagreement
lodging a protest
puckering
arguing against
expressing disagreement with
lodging a protest against
taking issue
expressing disapproval of
raising objections to
remonstrating against
taking issue with
spurning
having a problem
quarreling with
disapproving of
grousing about
grumbling about
drawing the line
moaning about
taking a stand against
having a problem with
pining
glowering
disavowing
challenging
baulking
UK
discountenancing
balking
US
disesteeming
ranting about
discommending
drawing the line at
crossing
disputing
griping about
begging to differ
frowning on
frowning
mooning
lowering
having a long face
harbouring a grudge
glooming
looking sullen
having the hump
mooning about
mooning around
raising objection
railing against
crying over spilt milk
beating one's breast
crying over spilled milk
mopping and mow
making a stink
tangling with
mixing it up with
making an objection
going-one-on-one
more ❯
“For most of the evening, she would repeated
pick holes in
the food that was being served.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disprove a statement, theory or belief
exploding
disproving
refuting
discrediting
invalidating
belying
debunking
repudiating
negating
denying
gainsaying
puncturing
rebutting
contradicting
controverting
exposing
quashing
confuting
demolishing
nullifying
ridiculing
challenging
deflating
discarding
negativing
shooting down
proving impossible
putting paid to
shooting full of holes
cutting down to size
shooting down in flames
blowing sky-high
blowing up
knocking the bottom out of
proving wrong
driving a coach and horses through
giving the lie to
blowing out of the water
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