Synonyms of faulting

faulting

verb

present participle of fault

as in criticizing

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faulting

These features are interpreted as evidence of faulting along the caldera rim as the floor subsided. — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Jentleson spends only one page on this obvious disappointment, faulting Fetterman for taking too much delight in conflict with the left and for becoming too credulous toward AIPAC. — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Issues that divided the candidates Ahern and Hoffmann traded barbs throughout the run-up, with Ahern faulting Hoffmann for contributing $550,000 to his campaign and for not serving as a frontline prosecutor on major narcotics or capital cases. — Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026

Wiener defended the narrower bill and argued opponents were faulting it for not going far enough rather than focusing on what the bill would do. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Researchers believe this may have been a reactivation of faulting in the prehistoric rocks beneath the monocline. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Most earthquakes in North America east of the Rockies, per USGS, occur as faulting within bedrock, usually miles deep. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

And while criticism of insurance companies was bipartisan, Republicans and Democrats also blamed one another for the crisis, with the GOP faulting Obamacare and Democrats accusing Republicans of using the hearings to deflect from their own inaction to address rising premiums. — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026

On Earth, tectonic faulting in the seafloor enables water to plunge kilometers down into the rock, and as fresh faults are opened up by shifting tectonic plates, new rock is exposed, maintaining the nutrient supply released into the ocean through hydrothermal vents. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026