fault-finding

Noun

Meaning

The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

fault finding

Synonyms

critical criticism complaint dissatisfied condemnation disapproval complaining irritable petulant finicky cantankerous fussy deprecatory fretful grumbling

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Antonyms

easy effortless easygoing easy-going bootlicking positive feedback

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Examples

Just then, with a wink and a sly normal lurch, The owl very gravely got down from his perch, Walked round, and regarded his fault-finding critic (Who thought he was stuffed) with a glance analytic. James Thomas Fields

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. Honoré de Balzac

No sooner do men settle down to a given set of ideas, a pat-tern of living and of thinking, than fault-finding begins, and fault-finding is the tap-root of revolutions. Frank Chodorov

Close letter words and terms

fault-block valley fault-find fault-finder fault-free fault-line valley fault-prone