Synonyms of faulted

faulted

verb

past tense of fault

as in criticized

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

you should look at your own work before faulting what others have done

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faulted

Gauff double-faulted six times, including twice in a row in one game. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

An administrative court in Caen, France, faulted the Deauville city hall on Monday for removing a photograph taken in Gaza from a local festival, reported AFP and Le Monde. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Critics have faulted Meta over many of its safety features that users have to manually turn on, or opt into themselves. — Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Reddington also faulted the American psychiatric community’s diagnostic system for using a four-week cutoff to classify a disorder as having peripartum onset. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

One thing the film cannot be faulted for is its picture-perfect evocation of the ranch and split-level houses whose low rooflines remain an ideal visual signifier of the time. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

Law enforcement was also faulted for failing to initially secure the house, thereby allowing numerous people to enter before JonBenét’s body was discovered. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026

Newsom has often faulted local regulations and attendant political pushback against new housing for California’s housing and homelessness crises. — Lia Russell july 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

Serving at 3-4 in the second set, Pegula double-faulted at 0-40, giving Gauff a 5-3 lead. — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026