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Synonyms and Antonyms of censuring
- a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office
citing, commending, endorsing (also indorsing)
- our society generally censures the taking of another person's life
attacking, blaming, blasting, criticizing, dispraising, dissing [slang], faulting, knocking, panning, slamming
belittling, deprecating, disparaging
blacklisting, excommunicating, ostracizing
castigating, chastising, rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching
admonishing, chiding, reproving
berating, lambasting, raking, scolding, upbraiding, vituperating
abhorring, abominating, detesting, hating, loathing, reviling
- critics have striven to outdo each other in censuring that pop novelist's latest work
blaming, condemning, criticizing, denouncing, dispraising, dissing [slang], faulting, knocking, panning, reprehending, slagging [chiefly British]
assailing, attacking, blasting, clobbering, slamming, slashing
beefing, bellyaching, bitching, carping, caviling (or cavilling), complaining, crabbing, croaking, fussing, griping, grousing, growling, grumbling, kicking, kvetching, moaning, murmuring, muttering, niggling, quibbling, whining
admonishing, chiding, drubbing, rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching, reproving
berating, castigating, crucifying, excoriating, flaying, gibbeting, hammering, keelhauling, lambasting, lashing, pillorying, scolding, upbraiding
bad-mouthing, belittling, decrying, deriding, discommending, disparaging, putting down
approving, commending, endorsing (also indorsing), recommending, sanctioning
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