CRITICIZE/CRITICISM Flashcards
CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
aspersion, berate, calumny, castigate, decry, diatribe, disparage, excoriate, gainsay, harangue, impugn, inveigh, lambaste, obloquy, objurgate, opprobrium, pillory, remonstrate, reprehend, reprove, tirade, vituperate
aspersion
slander; (sprinkling in baptism)
berate (bih-REYT)
to scold
calumny (KAL-uhm-nee)
slander
castigate (KAS-ti-gate)
to criticize or reprimand severely; (to punish to correct)
decry
to criticize as faulty and worthless
diatribe
bitter criticism
disparage (dih-SPAR-ij)
to belittle
excoriate (ik-SKAWR-ee-eyt)
to criticize severely; (to strip off skin from)
gainsay
to speak against; (to deny)
harangue (huh-RANG)
long verbal criticism
impugn (im-PYOON)
to challenge as false; to doubt
inveigh
to protest or rail against
lambaste (lam-BAST)
(to beat or whip); to criticize severely
obloquy (OB-luh-kwee)
harsh criticism esp. by general public
objurgate (OB-jer-geyt)
to denounce harshly
opprobrium (uh-PROH-bree-uhm)
disgrace, infamy for an outrageous act
pillory
to expose to public criticism and derision
remonstrate
to say against, to hold demonstration
reprehend
to criticize
reprove
to criticize gently; to disapprove strongly
tirade
prolonged denunciation; (long, vehement speech)
vituperate (vahy-TOO-puh-reyt)
to address with abusive language
aspersion, berate, calumny, castigate, decry, diatribe, disparage, excoriate, gainsay, harangue, impugn, inveigh, lambaste, obloquy, objurgate, opprobrium, pillory, remonstrate, reprehend, reprove, tirade, vituperate
CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
spurn
scornfully reject
