Synonyms of censured

censured

verb

past tense of censure

1

as in reprimanded

to express public or formal disapproval of

a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reprimanded
• condemned
• denounced
• punished
• criticized
• scolded
• rebuked
• admonished
• reproached
• reproved
• called to account
• chastised
• brought to account
• objurgated
• upbraided
• berated
• castigated
• lectured
• disparaged
• belittled
• lambasted
• ragged
• cut up
• flayed
• told off
• chewed out
• depreciated
• railed (at or against)
• bawled out
• dressed down
• rated
• deprecated
• keelhauled
• scored
• gibbeted
• jawed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cited
• endorsed
• commended
• honored
• applauded
• praised
• hailed
• approved
• acclaimed
• sanctioned
• lauded
• blessed
• eulogized

2

as in denounced

to declare to be morally wrong or evil

our society generally censures the taking of another person's life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denounced
• condemned
• criticized
• blamed
• attacked
• decried
• execrated
• anathematized
• reprobated
• reprehended
• damned
• faulted
• disparaged
• convicted
• sentenced
• belittled
• excommunicated
• panned
• admonished
• scolded
• chastised
• ostracized
• reprimanded
• hated
• upbraided
• blacklisted
• slammed
• knocked
• doomed
• rebuked
• berated
• deprecated
• castigated
• reproached
• detested
• reproved
• abhorred
• reviled
• loathed
• blasted
• raked
• lambasted
• dispraised
• dissed
• vituperated
• cursed
• abominated
• chid
• imprecated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• blessed
• praised
• commended
• applauded
• extolled
• lauded
• exalted
• saluted
• hailed
• acclaimed
• glorified
• honored
• touted
• consecrated
• sanctified
• eulogized
• revered
• venerated
• hallowed

3

as in criticized

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of

critics have striven to outdo each other in censuring that pop novelist's latest work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criticized
• blamed
• condemned
• denounced
• faulted
• knocked
• attacked
• scolded
• slammed
• reprehended
• panned
• tweaked
• slagged
• complained
• found fault (with)
• lashed
• kicked
• slashed
• dissed
• admonished
• dispraised
• reprimanded
• came down hard (on)
• blasted
• assailed
• took to task
• muttered
• upbraided
• murmured
• skewered
• whined
• grumbled
• rebuked
• berated
• excoriated
• moaned
• disparaged
• reproved
• reproached
• clobbered
• derided
• groused
• pilloried
• crucified
• bitched
• castigated
• belittled
• growled
• decried
• nicked (at)
• quibbled
• beefed
• lambasted
• griped
• carped
• sniped (at)
• chid
• niggled
• flayed
• crabbed
• bellyached
• drubbed
• gibbeted
• kvetched
• caviled
• hammered
• keelhauled
• croaked
• bad-mouthed
• fussed
• discommended
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praised
• approved
• recommended
• endorsed
• commended
• sanctioned
• extolled
• lauded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of censured

Minneola City Councilman David Yeager’s efforts to annex his new home into the city earlier this summer sparked a nasty debate on the council that led to two members being censured last week for incivility. — James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026

The House Ethics Committee handed down its recommendation that Edwards be censured earlier this month, and his peers are expected to vote on the suggestion in the coming days. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

There have also been calls for him to be censured or even expelled by other members of Congress, especially in the wake of several high-profile accusations of misconduct in the House. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Rangel, who relinquished his position as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee amid the inquiry, was eventually censured, the first time a congressman had been thusly reprimanded in public in almost three decades. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

He has been accused of vote trading and threatening recalls against his colleagues and was censured twice by the council. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

Three years later, censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy drank himself to death, a broken man at the age of 48. — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026

The Haslet City Council censured the mayor for his behavior for the second time Monday. — Rachel Royster july 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026

The two were censured and expelled from the International City/County Managers Association for ethics code violations. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026