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Synonyms
crit·i·cize (krĭt́ĭ-sīź)

verb: -cized, -ciz·ing, -ciz·es. 

transitive verb 

  1. To find fault with: criticized the decision as unrealistic. See Usage Note at: critique
  2. To judge the merits and faults of; analyze and evaluate.

intransitive verb 

To act as a critic.

derivatives

crit́i·ciźa·ble
adjective
crit́i·ciźer
noun

synonyms:

criticize, blame, reprehend, censure, condemn, denounce These verbs mean to express an unfavorable judgment. Criticize can mean merely to evaluate without necessarily finding fault; however, usually the word implies the expression of disapproval: The review criticized the novel. Blame emphasizes the finding of fault and the fixing of responsibility: “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are” (George Bernard Shaw) Reprehend implies sharp disapproval: “reprehends students who have protested apartheid” (New York Times) Censure refers to open and strong expression of criticism; often it implies a formal reprimand: “No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another” (Thomas Browne) Condemn denotes the pronouncement of harshly adverse judgment: “The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated” (Robert H. Jackson) Denounce implies public proclamation of condemnation or repudiation: The press denounces the new taxation policies.