censure

1 to express public or formal disapproval of

a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office

Synonyms of censure

condemn, denounce, objurgate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove

Words Related to censure

bawl out, berate, chew out, cut up, dress down, flay, gibbet, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rate, scold, score, tell off, upbraid

belittle, criticize, deprecate, depreciate, disparage

Phrases Synonymous with censure

bring to account, call to account

Near Antonyms of censure

acclaim, applause, hail, honor

eulogize, laud, praise

approve, bless, sanction

Antonyms of censure

cite, commend, endorse (also indorse)

2 to declare to be morally wrong or evil

our society generally censures the taking of another person's life

Synonyms of censure

anathematize, condemn, damn, decry, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate

Words Related to censure

attack, blame, blast, criticize, dis (also diss) [slang], dispraise, fault, knock, pan, slam

belittle, deprecate, disparage

doom, sentence

convict

blacklist, excommunicate, ostracize

castigate, chastise, rebuke, reprimand, reproach

admonish, chide, reprove

berate, lambaste (or lambast), rake, scold, upbraid, vituperate

curse, imprecate

abhor, abominate, detest, hate, loathe, revile

Near Antonyms of censure

approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction

eulogize, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, laud, praise

acclaim, applaud, commend, hail, salute, tout

consecrate, hallow, sanctify

honor, revere, venerate

Antonyms of censure

bless

3 to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of

critics have striven to outdo each other in censuring that pop novelist's latest work

Synonyms of censure

blame, condemn, criticize, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], dispraise, fault, knock, pan, reprehend, slag [chiefly British]

Words Related to censure

skewer, tweak

assail, attack, blast, clobber, slam, slash

nick (at), snipe (at)

beef, bellyache, bitch, carp

Synonyms and Antonyms of censure

WORD OF THE DAY

expunge