censure

Speech parts

1. censure - Noun

2. censure - Verb

Meaning

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.

Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.

To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.

To judge.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reprimand animadversion abuse blame condemnation disapproval condemn rebuke reproof reprove reprehend flay tut maul bash
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Antonyms

revere kudos championship award hosanna fete
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Hypernyms

rejection knock condemnation criticise criticize disapprobation

Hyponyms

interdict animadvert

Phrases with the word

blame censure censure for deserving of censure

Derivatives

censured censuring

Anagrams

encurse

Examples

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. Jonathan Swift

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. W. Somerset Maugham

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help. William Penn

To censure princes is perilous, and to praise them is lying. Italian Proverb

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. Latin Proverb

The praise of fools is censure in disguise. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

censurable censurableness censurably censure for censureless censurer