criticizing

ADJECTIVE

carping

Synonyms

STRONG

bellyaching caviling disparaging griping grousing grumbling kvetching moaning nagging niggling quibbling whining

WEAK

censorious critical deprecatory fault-finding grouchy hypercritical nit-picking overcritical scathing

Antonyms

WEAK

complimentary forgiving

NOUN

reviewing

Synonyms

STRONG

analyzing critiquing evaluating examining investigating judging outlining studying summarizing surveying

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Vance told members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet criticizing the agreement to "wake up and smell the reality," amid growing tensions between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Millions of Americans lose their jobs every year because of corporate decisions, and most of them don’t provoke it by criticizing their employer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

For years before she landed at CBS News in October, Weiss built a career criticizing ideological conformity and supposed institutional intolerance.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Though other candidates in the race are also criticizing the utilities, Steyer is the most aggressive.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Have you heard anyone mocking the Church or criticizing it?

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

criticizing

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