Synonyms of censuring

censuring 1 of 2

adjective

as in captious

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• favorable
• approving
• positive
• commendatory
• good
• friendly
• appreciative
• complimentary
• admiring
• accepting
• applauding
• warm
• approbatory
• flattering
• laudatory
• eulogistic
• encomiastic
• panegyrical
• 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
• 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
• 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
• slagging
• panning
• finding fault (with)
• complaining
• slashing
• kicking
• lashing
• dissing
• dispraising
• admonishing
• reprehending
• blasting
• assailing
• coming down hard (on)
• chiding
• reprimanding
• upbraiding
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of censuring

Verb

The City Council, which is considering censuring the mayor, asked for assistance because the city’s Human Resources director wasn’t available at the time, according to Mayor Pro Tem Tara Graves. — Elijah Megginson, AJC.com, 25 July 2026

As this memoir opens, Iran’s morality police stalk the university where Nafisi works, censuring her female students. — The Atlantic, 14 May 2026

Brown, the lone vote against Martinez’s item, said offering trainings to all councilmembers without mandating it for the mayor and not censuring him absolved Martinez of accountability. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026

Those choices included censuring and sanctioning me, a military veteran commissioned through CU Boulder, the only Black Regent, and the first Black woman to serve on the board in 43 years. — Wanda James, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026

The House voted against censuring Plaskett in a 209-214-3 vote. — Connor Greene, Time, 21 Nov. 2025

But, honestly, Meyers added, he wasn’t bothered by the attack, which is the latest in a line of Truth Social posts Trump has made censuring the comic. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025

This could include sanctioning, censuring or suspending a judge, or recommending a judge be removed from office. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025

In 2023, the House, then run by Republicans, took the extraordinary step of censuring Schiff. — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025