Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

acid adj (UNKIND)

assail v
attack v (CRITICIZE)
attack n (CRITICISM)
bad-mouth v
bag v (CRITICIZE)
bash v (CRITICIZE)
-basher suffix (CRITICIZE)
-bashing suffix (CRITICIZE)
belabour v (CRITICIZE)
blast v (CRITICIZE)
boo v
boo n
broadside n
censure n
cluck v
condemn v
criticism n
criticize v
damn v (BLAME)
decry v
denounce v (CRITICIZE)
denunciation n (CRITICISM)
deprecate v (NOT APPROVE)
dig n (REMARK)
disapprobation n
disapproval n
disapprove v
disapprovingly adv, at disapproving adj
disparage v
excoriate v
fault v (CRITICIZE)
fire v (SHOOT)
flak n (CRITICISM)
fulminate v
hammer v (CRITICIZE)
hammering n (CRITICIZE)
iconoclast n
knock v (CRITICIZE)
knocker n (CRITIC)
lash v (CRITICIZE)
lashing n (PUNISHMENT)
malign v
maul v (CRITICIZE)
mauling n
monster v
nag v
nagging n
needle v
niggle v (CRITICIZE)
niggle n (CRITICISM)
nitpick v
nitpicking n
opprobrium n
pan v (CRITICIZE)
personalize v
pillory v
potshot n
rubbish v
sarcasm n
sarcastic adj
sarky adj
satirize v
second-guess v (CRITICIZE)
slam v
slate v (CRITICIZE)

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snipe v
stick n (CRITICISM)
stigma n (FEELING)
stricture n (CRITICISM)
swipe n (CRITICISM)
thank you exclamation
traduce v
trash v (CRITICIZE)
union-basher n
vitriol n
belabor, at belabour v (CRITICIZE)
criticise, at criticize v
flack, at flak n (CRITICISM)
personalise, at personalize v
sarky, at sarcastic adj
satirise, at satirize v
cast aspersions on sb/sth
find fault with sb/sth
find fault with
frontal assault/attack
have a go at sb
get grief
take a pop at sb
not think much of sb/sth
be on sb's back idiom
get off sb's back idiom
put the boot in idiom
get off sb's case idiom
get on sb's case idiom
damn sb with faint praise idiom
take a dim view of sth idiom
give sb a dirty look idiom
be down on sb idiom
eat sb alive idiom
come under fire idiom
if the cap fits, wear it idiom
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones idiom
be gunning for sb idiom
give sb hell idiom
go for the jugular idiom
put/stick the knife into sb idiom
come/suffer under the lash idiom
pick holes in sth idiom
pick/pull sb/sth to pieces idiom
think poorly of sb/sth idiom
the pot calling the kettle black idiom
pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
there's little to be said for sth idiom
tear/rip sb/sth to shreds idiom
there you are idiom
throw sb to the dogs idiom
thumbs down idiom
talk trash idiom
if the shoe fits (wear it), at if the cap fits, wear it idiom
put/stick the knife in, at put/stick the knife into sb idiom

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