criticize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To say what you think is wrong or bad about someone or something.

   They criticized him for putting people's lives at risk.

2. 2
   verb

   To judge something carefully, weighing its good and bad points.

   In the class, we learned how to criticize a poem and explain our views.

From critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίσις (krísis, “decision, judgement”).

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