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censure
Synonyms and Antonyms of censure
- a rare censure of a senator by the full United States Senate for misconduct
citation, commendation, endorsement (also indorsement)
censure
Synonyms and Antonyms of censure
- a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office
bring to account, call to account
- Our society generally censures the taking of another person's life.
- Critics have striven to outdo each other in censuring that pop novelist's latest work.
assail, attack, blast, clobber, slam, slash
beef, bellyache, carp, cavil, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grouse, growl, grumble, kick, kvetch, moan, murmur, mutter, quibble, whine
admonish, chide, drub, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove
berate, castigate, crucify, excoriate, flay, gibbet, hammer, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lash, pillory, scold, upbraid
bad-mouth, belittle, decry, deride, discommend, disparage, put down
come down hard (on), find fault (with), take to task
Synonym Discussion of censure
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- criticized the police for using violence
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- reprehends the self-centeredness of today's students
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- a Senator formally censured by his peers
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- reprobated his son's unconventional lifestyle
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- condemned the government's racial policies
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- a pastoral letter denouncing abortion
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