critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίσις (krísis, “crisis”).
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/
- Hyphenation: crit‧i‧cize
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
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)
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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)
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- “criticise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “criticize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
