PANNED Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

panned

verb

past tense of pan

as in criticized

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of virtually all the movie critics have panned this latest sequel in a tired series

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Recent Examples of panned On Monday, those five writers — also DSA-LA members — panned the idea of an endorsement, saying Raman hasn’t earned it. — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 While the Underworld movies were critically panned, the films have a passionate fanbase and the first two were box office hits. — Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026 But that bipartisan effort was immediately panned by conservative groups, and little else has emerged as a serious solution. — Ashley Lopez, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 But at the time, the latter was a major flop that was panned by notable critics such as Pauline Kael. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 However, when the show came to Broadway in 1975, it was panned by critics and closed after 45 performances. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026 When the video ended, a camera panned to Devers, who smiled and waved to his former fanbase. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026 The camera panned to team members, in their signature red and white, tumbling through the audience and onto the stage. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 The camera, which panned back and forth in the MGM Grand, showed a group of people beating and kicking someone on the ground. — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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The move came days after Stephens publicly criticized EMCC and Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference leadership over changes to the league’s football schedule and playoff format.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also defended the decision to increase bond purchases earlier last month, after investor Stanley Druckenmiller criticized the move.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticized

Verb

Water security India moved to put the treaty in abeyance in April last year following a militant attack in Kashmir, for which Delhi blamed Pakistan but Islamabad denied involvement.

— Sam Meredith,Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Officials blamed that attack on the National Liberation Army, Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of blamed

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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

Definition of faulted

Verb

Democratic divisions haven’t disappeared El-Sayed, who would be the country’s first Muslim senator, has denounced antisemitism while fiercely criticizing Israel for its military operations in Gaza.

— Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Democratic divisions haven't disappeared El-Sayed, who would be the country's first Muslim senator, has denounced antisemitism while fiercely criticizing Israel for its military operations in Gaza.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of denounced

Verb

Vance, El-Sayed exchange jabs over spouse comments The dispute also took a personal turn as the vice president condemned El-Sayed for comments about second lady Usha Vance.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Both Curtis and county officials — who have condemned his actions — have asked the FBI and other authorities to investigate.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of condemned

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Petersen said Unite Here had the largest ground operation of any union in the state during primaries in June and knocked on more than 300,000 doors.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Valero estimated earlier this month that wars in Iran and Ukraine had knocked about 5 million barrels per day of capacity offline.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026