criticize

English

Alternative forms

criticise (UK)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: crit‧i‧cize

Verb

criticize (third-person singular simple present criticizes, present participle criticizing, simple past and past participle criticized) (transitive, intransitive)

To find fault (with something).
Synonyms: censure, pick at; see also Thesaurus:criticize

Hyponyms: find fault, shoot down, run down, trash out, fustigate, drub, excoriate

They criticized him for endangering people's lives.
To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
Synonyms: censure, appraise, judge

Related terms

Translations

to find fault

Arabic: اِنْتَقَدَ (intaqada)
Armenian: քննադատել (hy) (kʻnnadatel)
Asturian: criticar, escizañar, esmolleyar, espelleyar, espotrexar, reborgar
Belarusian: крытыкава́ць impf (krytykavácʹ)
Bulgarian: критикувам (bg) (kritikuvam)
Catalan: criticar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 批評／批评 (pai¹ ping⁴)

Mandarin: 批評／批评 (zh) (pīpíng)
Czech: kritizovat (cs)
Dutch: kritiseren (nl), bekritiseren (nl), afkeuren (nl), hekelen (nl)
Esperanto: kritiki (eo)
Estonian: arvustama
Finnish: kritisoida (fi), arvostella (fi), moittia (fi)
French: critiquer (fr)
Georgian: გაკრიტიკება (gaḳriṭiḳeba), გაკიცხვა (gaḳicxva)
German: kritisieren (de), Kritik ausüben
Greek: επικρίνω (el) (epikríno), ασκώ κριτική (askó kritikí)
Hebrew: ביקר (he) (bikér)
Hungarian: kritizál (hu), bírál (hu), megró (hu)
Icelandic: setja út á, gagnrýna (is)
Ido: kritikar (io)
Indonesian: mengiktirad, mengkritik (id)
Ingrian: narria, moittia
Interlingua: criticar
Irish: cáin (ga), beachtaigh ar
Italian: criticare (it)
Japanese: 批判する (ja) (ひはんする, hihan-suru), 非難する (ja) (ひなんする, hinan-suru)
Khmer: រិះគន់ (rih kŭən)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕەخنە گرتن (rexne girtin)
Lao: ຕິ (ti)
Maori: whakatōngā, whakakoha
Norman: crititchi (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kritisere
Occitan: criticar (oc)
Persian: عیبجویی کردن ('eybjuyi kardan)
Polish: krytykować (pl)
Portuguese: criticar (pt), culpar (pt)
Romanian: critica (ro)
Russian: критикова́ть (ru) impf (kritikovátʹ), раскритикова́ть (ru) pf (raskritikovátʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: càin, cronaich, troid
Slovak: kritizovať
Spanish: criticar (es), culpar (es)
Swedish: kritisera (sv)
Thai: ติ (th) (dtì)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: eleştirmek (tr), tenkit etmek (tr)
Tày: bè bẹo
Ukrainian: критикува́ти impf (krytykuváty)
Vietnamese: chỉ trích (vi)
Welsh: beirniadu (cy)
Yiddish: קריטיקירן (kritikirn)

to evaluate

Arabic: نَقَدَ (naqada)
Armenian: քննադատել (hy) (kʻnnadatel)
Asturian: criticar, xulgar
Bulgarian: оценявам (bg) (ocenjavam)
Catalan: criticar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 批評／批评 (zh) (pīpíng)
Dutch: kritiseren (nl), bekritiseren (nl), beoordelen (nl)
Estonian: arvustama
Finnish: arvostella (fi), arvioida (fi)
Galician: criticar (gl)
Georgian: გაკიცხვა (gaḳicxva), გაკრიტიკება (gaḳriṭiḳeba)
German: abwägen (de)
Greek: αξιολογώ (el) (axiologó), κρίνω (el) (kríno)
Hebrew: ביקר (he) (bikér)
Hungarian: elbírál (hu), bírál (hu), értékel (hu), minősít (hu)
Icelandic: gagnrýna (is)
Indonesian: mengkritik (id)
Interlingua: criticar
Irish: cáin (ga), beachtaigh ar
Italian: criticare (it), giudicare (it), valutare (it)
Japanese: 批評する (ja) (ひひょうする, hihyō-suru)
Maori: arohaehae
Norwegian: kritisere
Occitan: criticar (oc)
Polish: oceniać (pl)
Portuguese: criticar (pt), avaliar (pt)
Romanian: critica (ro)
Russian: критикова́ть (ru) impf (kritikovátʹ), раскритикова́ть (ru) pf (raskritikovátʹ)
Slovak: hodnotiť, posudzovať, recenzovať
Spanish: criticar (es), juzgar (es)
Swedish: kritisera (sv)
Turkish: değerlendirmek (tr), değer biçmek (tr), ölçüp tartmak
Welsh: beirniadu (cy)
Yiddish: קריטיקירן (kritikirn)