We’ve pulled together answers for “Criticise” from crossword archives that show how the clue has been tackled. These entries are time-tested and reflect real puzzle-solving patterns.
Answer List:
- SNIPE
- SLATE
- ATTACK
- DENOUNCE
- PULLTOPIECES
- TEARTOPIECES
- REPROACH
- FINDFAULT
- PAN
- KNOCK
- IMPUGN
- REPROVE
- PICKHOLESIN
- GETAT
- CENSURE
- REVILE
- REBUKE
- HAVEAPOPAT
- EXCORIATE
- BLAST
Synonyms and Definitions
SNIPE
- Synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, sharpshoot
SLATE
- Synonyms: slating, ticket
ATTACK
- Synonyms: aggress, approach, attempt, blast, fire, flack, flak, onrush, onset, onslaught, plan of attack, set on, snipe, tone-beginning
DENOUNCE
- Synonyms: betray, give away, grass, mark, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, stigmatise, stigmatize, tell on
- Definition: voice opposition to
REPROACH
- Synonyms: upbraid
PAN
- Synonyms: cooking pan, genus pan, goat god, pan off, pan out, tear apart, trash
KNOCK
- Synonyms: bang, bash, belt, bump, criticize, knocking, pick apart, ping, pink, rap, roast, smash, strike hard, tap, whack, whang
REPROVE
- Synonyms: admonish
CENSURE
- Synonyms: animadversion, criminate, exclusion, excommunication, reprimand
REVILE
- Synonyms: rail, vilify, vituperate
REBUKE
- Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, remonstrate, reprehension, reproof, reproval, scold, take to task, trounce
EXCORIATE
- Synonyms: chafe, condemn, decry, objurgate, reprobate
BLAST
- Synonyms: bam, blare, blow, boom, clap, crucify, eruption, good time, gust, knock down, nail, pillory, savage, shell, shoot
- Definition: a fly ball that travels a great distance