censure

n.批评

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
censure (noun)
1.
a judgment involving condemnation
2.
archaic - opinion judgment
3.
the act of blaming or condemning sternly
4.
an official reprimand
censure (verb)
transitive verb
1.
obsolete - estimate judge
2.
to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy criticize
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
censure (noun)
an often public or formal expression of disapproval
SYNONYMS:
commination, condemnation, denunciation, excoriation, objurgation, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, riot act, stricture
RELATED WORDS:
admonishment, admonition, castigation, chastisement, damnation, punishment, remonstrance; business, devil, dressing-down, lash, lecture, lesson, rap, scolding, talking-to, tongue-lashing; belittlement, criticism, deprecation, depreciation, disparagement, pan
NEAR ANTONYMS:
acclamation, honor, tribute; encomium, eulogy, panegyric, plaudit(s), praise; approval, blessing, sanction
citation, commendation, endorsement ( indorsement)
censure (verb)
1.
to express public or formal disapproval of
SYNONYMS:
condemn, denounce, objurgate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove
RELATED WORDS:
admonish, chastise; castigate, punish; bawl out, berate, chew out, cut up, dress down, flay, gibbet, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste ( lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at against), rate, scold, score, tell off, upbraid; belittle, criticize, deprecate, depreciate, disparage
bring to account, call to account
NEAR ANTONYMS:
acclaim, applause, hail, honor; eulogize, laud, praise; approve, bless, sanction
cite, commend, endorse ( indorse)
censure (verb)
2.
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
SYNONYMS:
anathematize, censure, damn, decry, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate
RELATED WORDS:
attack, blame, blast, criticize, dis ( diss) [], dispraise, fault, knock, pan, slam; belittle, deprecate, disparage; doom, sentence; convict; blacklist, excommunicate, ostracize; castigate, chastise, rebuke, reprimand, reproach; admonish, chide, reprove; berate, lambaste ( lambast), rake, scold, upbraid, vituperate; curse, imprecate; abhor, abominate, detest, hate, loathe, revile
NEAR ANTONYMS:
approve, endorse ( indorse), sanction; eulogize, exalt, extol ( extoll), glorify, laud, praise; acclaim, applaud, commend, hail, salute, tout; consecrate, hallow, sanctify; honor, revere, venerate
bless
censure (verb)
3.
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
SYNONYMS:
blame, censure, condemn, denounce, dis ( diss), dispraise, fault, knock, pan, reprehend, slag
RELATED WORDS:
skewer, tweak; assail, attack, blast, clobber, slam, slash; nick (at), snipe (at); beef, bellyache, bitch, carp, cavil, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grouse, growl, grumble, kick, kvetch, moan, murmur, mutter, niggle, quibble, whine; admonish, chide, drub, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove; berate, castigate, crucify, excoriate, flay, gibbet, hammer, keelhaul, lambaste ( lambast), lash, pillory, scold, upbraid; bad-mouth, belittle, decry, deride, discommend, disparage, put down
NEAR ANTONYMS:
approve, commend, endorse ( indorse), recommend, sanction
extol ( extoll), laud, praise
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