find fault

Verb

Meaning

harass with constant criticism

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

pick blame nag object carp niggle grouse cavil protest fault blamed beef picking knock quarrel
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Antonyms

encourage appreciate hail flatter applaud glorify
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Hypernyms

knock criticise criticize pick apart

Examples

Don't always pick on your little brother Source: Internet

Angered by the saint's moral stand, Brunhilda stirred up the bishops and nobles to find fault with his monastic rules. Source: Internet

Jane, who is always determined not to find fault with anybody, is forced to admit that she had been deceived in thinking she had a genuine friendship with Caroline Bingley, the realisation of which she relays to Elizabeth in a letter. Source: Internet

I do, however, find fault with the way BOTH she and Harry handled things, and those feelings bled over in later posts, including the ones today. Source: Internet

An inspector general report, expected within days, is likely to find fault with some of those same actions and could reopen wounds of Democrats who maintain their candidate was unfairly treated. Source: Internet

I get how stylistically, you could find fault with how the Maysles executed this documentary and if it was made today it would probably be very different. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

find distasteful find employment find enough time find fault with find favour find feet