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censure — vb *criticize, reprehend, blame, condemn, denounce, reprobate Analogous words: reprimand, rebuke, reproach, *reprove: upbraid, berate, tongue lash (see SCOLD) Antonyms: commend Contrasted words: applaud, compliment, recommend (see COMMEND):… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Censure — Not to be confused with Censer, Censor (disambiguation), or Sensor. A censure ( /ˈsɛ … Wikipedia
censure — Synonyms and related words: accuse, anathema, anathematize, anathematizing, anathemize, animadvert on, annotate, approval, arraign, arraignment, aspersion, assail, assault, attack, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bend sinister,… … Moby Thesaurus
Theological censure — is, in Catholic teaching, a doctrinal judgment by which the Church stigmatizes certain teachings detrimental to faith or morals. That they are directed at teachings distinguishes them from canonical censures, such as excommunication, suspension,… … Wikipedia
confusable words — 1. Words are most often confused because they are alike in form (or spelling) and in some aspect of meaning, as with fortunate and fortuitous, or prevaricate and procrastinate. Some sets are confused simply in spelling, although the meanings and… … Modern English usage
have words — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
compliment — n Compliment, flattery, adulation all denote praise addressed directly to a person. A compliment is a courteous expression of commendation and may be either sincere or merely formal {in the noble dedication ... to the Duchess of Ormond we have an … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ISAIAH — (Heb. יְשַׁעְיָה ,יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Salvation of YHWH ), one of the eight books (as the Rabbis and the Masorah count them) of the Nevi im, or Prophets, the second division of the Hebrew canon (see bible , Canon). INTRODUCTION Outside the Book of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
tirade — Synonyms and related words: abundance, abuse, address, after dinner speech, allocution, amplitude, assailing, assault, attack, bawl, berating, bitter words, blackening, censure, chalk talk, cloud of words, condemnation, contumely, copiousness,… … Moby Thesaurus
phillipic — noun abusive language, acrimony, aspersion, bitter language, bitter words, castigation, censure, chastisement, commination, contumely, defamation, denunciation, detraction, diatribe, disparagement, execration, harangue, invective, malediction,… … Law dictionary
