criticizing

verb

present participle of criticize
as in blaming
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 criticizing Republican lawmaker Carl DeMaio of San Diego has vocalized his opposition in discussions of the bill, criticizing the idea of providing funding to outlets that make political endorsements. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Yiannopoulos rose to prominence through his provocative statements criticizing political correctness, feminism and Islam. — Chris Arnold, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026 Alberto Nunez Feijoo, leader of the opposition People’s Party, has led the charge against Sanchez’s government, criticizing him again on Thursday after the ambush of the military vehicle. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026 This is not about criticizing one administration, one organization or one utility company. — Freida Graves, Chicago Tribune, 28 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, 27 Aug. 2026 This week, after the billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller published an editorial in The Wall Street Journal criticizing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, his onetime protégé, readers began to notice some familiar tics of AI writing. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Some Democrats outside Michigan have gone further in criticizing El-Sayed. — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 OpenAI has lost many of the people who have led its safety work over the years, with some criticizing the company’s commercial focus on the way out. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criticizing
  1. blaming
  2. condemning
  3. denouncing
  4. faulting
  5. knocking
Verb
  • While there is plenty of frustration about prices, there are also voters willing to make adjustments without blaming Republicans.
    — Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • No one should reach the end of their life blaming themselves for cancer being detected too late.
    — Kim Johnson, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of blaming
Verb
  • Public monuments condemning slavery have been removed, and Confederate names have been restored to Army bases.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the dispute quickly escalated into a reputational crisis for the biennale, with artists from Taiwan and China condemning the name change as a betrayal of its founding ideals.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of condemning
Verb
  • Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto/Getty Protesters shouted slogans denouncing the police and government over alleged delays in taking action to find the missing girl, and then to find the perpetrators.
    — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Many actors have opened up about their experiences with Botox, with some denouncing the injectable.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of denouncing
Verb
  • 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
Definition of faulting
Verb
  • And the defense module can neutralize them via electronics-frying HPM emissions, knocking satellites out without creating a cloud of space debris.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For Lynn Parsons, knocking on a stranger’s door once made the difference between getting home and watching her car get towed away.
    — Razak Diallo, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocking

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“Criticizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criticizing. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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