Synonyms of censuring

censuring 1 of 2

adjective

as in captious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• captious
• cavilling
• faultfinding
• hypercritical
• overcritical
• unfavorable
• carping
• uncomplimentary
• derogatory
• disapproving
• caviling
• unflattering
• critical
• depreciatory
• adverse
• negative
• depreciative
• disparaging
• unappreciative
• slighting
• belittling
• inappreciative
• unfriendly
• contemptuous
• scornful
• disdainful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• favorable
• approving
• positive
• commendatory
• good
• friendly
• appreciative
• complimentary
• admiring
• accepting
• applauding
• warm
• approbatory
• flattering
• laudatory
• eulogistic
• encomiastic
• panegyrical
• hagiographical
• hagiographic
• praiseful
• laudative

censuring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of censure

1

as in reprimanding

to express public or formal disapproval of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reprimanding
• condemning
• denouncing
• punishing
• criticizing
• scolding
• reproaching
• rebuking
• reproving
• admonishing
• chastising
• objurgating
• upbraiding
• calling to account
• bringing to account
• berating
• castigating
• lecturing
• disparaging
• belittling
• ragging
• lambasting
• flaying
• deprecating
• cutting up
• jawing
• railing (at or against)
• dressing down
• telling off
• bawling out
• chewing out
• depreciating
• rating
• scoring
• keelhauling
• gibbeting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• endorsing
• commending
• citing
• indorsing
• honoring
• applauding
• praising
• approving
• hailing
• sanctioning
• acclaiming
• lauding
• eulogizing
• blessing

2

as in denouncing

to declare to be morally wrong or evil

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denouncing
• condemning
• criticizing
• blaming
• attacking
• decrying
• damning
• anathematizing
• execrating
• reprobating
• faulting
• disparaging
• belittling
• reprehending
• convicting
• sentencing
• excommunicating
• chiding
• panning
• deprecating
• upbraiding
• admonishing
• chastising
• scolding
• knocking
• slamming
• hating
• berating
• reprimanding
• reproaching
• blacklisting
• rebuking
• dooming
• castigating
• ostracizing
• reproving
• blasting
• reviling
• detesting
• abhorring
• raking
• lambasting
• dispraising
• dissing
• cursing
• loathing
• vituperating
• imprecating
• abominating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• indorsing
• praising
• blessing
• commending
• extolling
• exalting
• lauding
• applauding
• glorifying
• saluting
• hailing
• honoring
• touting
• eulogizing
• sanctifying
• consecrating
• acclaiming
• hallowing
• revering
• venerating

3

as in criticizing

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

• criticizing
• blaming
• condemning
• denouncing
• faulting
• knocking
• attacking
• slamming
• scolding
• tweaking
• panning
• slagging
• finding fault (with)
• complaining
• slashing
• kicking
• lashing
• dissing
• dispraising
• admonishing
• reprehending
• blasting
• assailing
• coming down hard (on)
• chiding
• reprimanding
• upbraiding
• cavilling
• taking to task
• murmuring
• whining
• muttering
• skewering
• berating
• reproaching
• rebuking
• reproving
• grumbling
• moaning
• disparaging
• belittling
• deriding
• clobbering
• excoriating
• castigating
• caviling
• beefing
• carping
• bitching
• crucifying
• pillorying
• grousing
• bellyaching
• griping
• quibbling
• sniping (at)
• decrying
• lambasting
• nicking (at)
• growling
• flaying
• niggling
• drubbing
• crabbing
• hammering
• kvetching
• bad-mouthing
• croaking
• keelhauling
• fussing
• gibbeting
• discommending
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• approving
• extolling
• recommending
• endorsing
• commending
• sanctioning
• lauding
• indorsing