pick apart

Verb

Meaning

find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

knock criticise criticize attack chastise cavil discipline abuse fault blame censure denounce disapprove rebuke reprimand

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Antonyms

force duty masses necessity praise obligation

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Hypernyms

notice comment point out remark

Hyponyms

savage snipe attack rag round assault

Examples

It's easy for me to go back to being a kid. You know how kids can be like savages before they get civilized? There's that sadist quality. Y'know, like boys who like to pick apart an insect for the sake of it. Helena Bonham Carter

I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart. Amos Lee

One could pick apart love, examine every filament of attraction, and still it would never be fully explained. It simply was. Lisa Kleypas

Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax. Terry Eagleton

I began to pick apart our knowledge of Frankenstein and discovered that the public's idea of this myth comes from a million different places... I became committed to recontextualizing it all so it all worked in one story. Max Landis

The paper criticized the new movie Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pick and place pick and pop pick and roll pick at pick away at pick axes