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plural of censure
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(Entry 1 of 2)
an often public or formal expression of disapproval
- a rare censure of a senator by the full United States Senate for misconduct
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- citations,
- commendations,
- endorsements
- (also indorsements)
censures
verb
present tense third-person singular of censure
Synonyms & Antonyms of censures (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to express public or formal disapproval of
- a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office
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2
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
- our society generally censures the taking of another person's life
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- attacks,
- blames,
- blasts,
- criticizes,
- dispraises,
- disses
- [slang],
- faults,
- knocks,
- pans,
- slams
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3
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
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- blames,
- condemns,
- criticizes,
- denounces,
- dispraises,
- disses
- [slang],
- faults,
- knocks,
- pans,
- reprehends,
- slags
- [chiefly British]
Words Related to censures
- beefs,
- bellyaches,
- bitches,
- carps,
- cavils,
- complains,
- crabs,
- croaks,
- fusses,
- gripes,
- grouses,
- growls,
- grumbles,
- kicks,
- kvetches,
- moans,
- murmurs,
- mutters,
- niggles,
- quibbles,
- whines
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