censure
verb
[ ˈsɛnʃə ]
• express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.
• "the company was heavily censured by inspectors from the Department of Trade"
Similar:
condemn,
criticize,
castigate,
chastise,
lambast,
pillory,
savage,
attack,
find fault with,
fulminate against,
abuse,
reprimand,
berate,
reprove,
rebuke,
admonish,
remonstrate with,
reproach,
take to task,
haul over the coals,
impugn,
harangue,
blame,
revile,
vilify,
give someone a bad press,
knock,
slam,
take to pieces,
pull apart,
crucify,
bash,
hammer,
lay into,
tear into,
sail into,
roast,
give someone a roasting,
cane,
blast,
bawl out,
dress down,
rap over the knuckles,
have a go at,
give someone hell,
carpet,
slate,
slag off,
rubbish,
monster,
rollick,
give someone a rollicking,
give someone a rocket,
tear someone off a strip,
tear a strip off someone,
chew out,
ream out,
pummel,
cut up,
bag,
rate,
slash,
excoriate,
objurgate,
reprehend,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
censure
noun
• the formal expression of severe disapproval.
• "two MPs were singled out for censure"
Similar:
condemnation,
criticism,
attack,
abuse,
revilement,
disapproval,
reprimand,
rebuke,
admonishment,
admonition,
reproof,
reproval,
upbraiding,
castigation,
berating,
denunciation,
reproach,
scolding,
chiding,
reprehension,
obloquy,
vituperation,
excoriation,
objurgation,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘judicial sentence’): from Old French censurer (verb), censure (noun), from Latin censura ‘judgement, assessment’, from censere ‘assess’.
