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 He has also been criticized for his commentary about women in tennis. — James Hansen, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The ceremonial head of Cambridge on Sunday defended the university’s decision and criticized media coverage of Arday. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Wasserman Schultz was sharply criticized by Black community leaders and the other four candidates, who are all African American, for running in this district. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 The United States has criticized Israeli strikes on a Syrian airbase early on Tuesday. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 Jacob Smith, the former staffer, criticized Talarico's opponent, Republican Ken Paxton, as unfit for office. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 In a statement dated last week, Meta criticized the state attorneys general who are behind Tuesday’s trial. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Negre criticized Spain's government, led by left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his party, Vox. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Mundubile criticized the raid as an attempt on his life and denied allegations that the officials were part of a militia. — Jacob Zimba, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criticized
  1. blamed
  2. denounced
  3. faulted
  4. condemned
  5. knocked
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  • The 2015-16 El Niño pattern was blamed for record beach erosion along California’s coast.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In the climate debate, low- and middle-income countries have often been blamed for rising emissions, while the vastly greater historical contribution of wealthy nations is treated as yesterday’s story.
    — Peter Beyer, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of blamed
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  • Wasserman Schultz and Moskowitz denounced the statement at the time.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In his address, Carrillo denounced the conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center located in his district.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of denounced
Verb
  • Sabalenka double-faulted on match point, her seventh double fault of the day, to put an exclamation point on an irritating evening.
    — Lukas Weese, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Sherrill faulted the software vendor responsible for the defective system, the MVC for taking roughly a year to resolve the problem, and the previous administration for failing to disclose the error once it had been identified publicly.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2026
Definition of faulted
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Dearborn residents Mohammed Hijazi and Stephanie Butler called for unity and condemned any hate speech.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Liberal commentators cheered Ossoff while conservative commentators condemned him.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of condemned
Verb
  • The highlight of the two going up against each other came when Shough threw a ball up for grabs along the right sideline that Olave came down with, but Downs knocked it out at the last second.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Police surrounded the area, knocked repeatedly and called Brown by name, but no one answered.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked

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