criticized

verb

past tense of criticize
as in blamed
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of people who criticize every single idea that the principal has for improving the school

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Recent Examples of criticized In both television commercials and in campaign mailers sent to homes across the state, Fazio has criticized Lamont repeatedly for months on electricity. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026 The coach had criticized Brooklyn’s shot selection and turnovers before the game, saying the Nets’ decisions with the ball were feeding their problems on defense. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026 In prior internal meetings and emails, staff and consultants had criticized Citation’s water sampling practices as biased in favor of the company’s conclusion that rainfall was causing old pollution to resurface. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sharply criticized the diesel deal. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 Vance has neither criticized his friend nor publicly nudged Carlson to temper what’s been harsh criticism of Israel — and Trump’s cultivation of the Netanyahu government. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Gamers have criticized Xbox’s new pay-as-you-go system, with YouTuber Yong Yea saying that as gamers have to pay more fees to stream titles, the affordability argument for cloud gaming becomes moot. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 The Venezuelan government has in the past criticized Machado for urging the US to take action against the Maduro regime, including sanctions. — Alfredo Meza, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 Some Democrats have criticized national groups for not spending more in Southern states like Mississippi. — Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criticized
  1. blamed
  2. denounced
  3. faulted
  4. condemned
  5. knocked
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  • In his statement, Dan also blamed Russia for a spate of attacks in recent weeks on civilian maritime transport in the Black Sea, which has left at least three people dead and has raised fears of an escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine.
    — STEPHEN McGRATH, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In response, Citation once again blamed the pollution on old drilling practices, according to an email from one of the company’s engineers to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of blamed
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  • Omar has denounced the investigations as a politically motivated conspiracy against her, and used it to urge supporters to donate to her reelection campaign.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
  • South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denounced violence related to immigration but has also acknowledged failures in the border control system over years that have allowed migrants to travel to and stay in South Africa without documentation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of denounced
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  • Her opponent in the upcoming mayoral election, Nithya Raman, has faulted Bass for not doing more to help the industry, and has also called eliminating the cap on the state subsidy.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Many of his domestic critics have faulted him for prolonging the war in Gaza to appease his far-right allies, and for permitting ultra-Orthodox Jews to forgo military service to appease that sizable religious voter bloc.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of faulted
Verb
  • Some people condemned the work for outing Foucault as a fellow AIDS sufferer.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
  • One story involves an innocent coal miner, condemned to death in 1877, who left a handprint in his cell at the Carbon County Jail that no amount of sanding or paint has been able to erase.
    — Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of condemned
Verb
  • NorCal Resist posted footage of the collision to their social media pages, showing a man, Antonio Moreida, being knocked to the ground.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Council was referring to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when Bryant, on the first possession of a group-stage game against Spain, ran through a screen set by then-Lakers teammate Pau Gasol and knocked him to the floor.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocked

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