" censurers "

1: a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults;

  * e.g., " ... there's more malicious fun in being a censurer than in being a celebrator, so many theater critics are the latter "

•  Synonyms : 

•  carpers,

•  castigators,

•  cavilers,

•  criticizers,

•  critics,

•  disparagers,

•  faultfinders,

•  hypercritics,

•  knockers,

•  nigglers,

•  nitpickers

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults;

  * e.g., " ... there's more malicious fun in being a censurer than in being a celebrator, so many theater critics are the latter "

•  Synonyms : 

•  carper,

•  castigator,

•  caviler,

•  critic,

•  criticizer,

•  disparager,

•  faultfinder,

•  hypercritic,

•  knocker,

•  niggler,

•  nitpicker

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to express public or formal disapproval of;

  * e.g., " ... a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to the office "

•  Synonyms : 

•  condemn,

•  denounce,

•  objurgate,

•  rebuke,

•  reprimand,

•  reproach,

•  reprove

•  Antonyms : 

•  cite,

•  commend,

•  endorse

2: to declare to be morally wrong or evil;

  * e.g., " ... our society generally censures the taking of another person's life "

•  Synonyms : 

•  anathematize,

•  condemn,

•  damn,

•  decry,

•  denounce,

•  execrate,

•  reprehend,

•  reprobate

•  Antonyms : 

•  bless

3: to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of;

  * e.g., " ... critics have striven to outdo each other in censuring that pop novelist's latest work "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blame,

•  condemn,

•  criticize,

•  denounce,

•  deplore,

•  dis,

•  dispraise,

•  fault,

•  knock,

•  pan,

•  reprehend,

•  slag

•  Antonyms : 

•  extol,

•  laud,

•  praise