criticism

Nouns

  • (n) disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
    • the senator received severe criticism from his opponent
    unfavorable judgment,
  • (n) a serious examination and judgment of something
    • constructive criticism is always appreciated
    critique,
  • (n) a written evaluation of a work of literature literary criticism,

Synonyms

unfavorable judgment critique literary criticism

Words of close approximity

criticise
criticise criticize