Reverse Dictionary: CENSURE

ADJECTIVES
► CULPABLE deserving blame or censure; blameworthy → 1604
► DYSLOGISTIC expressing dispraise; conveying disapproval or censure; the opposite of ‘eulogistic’ → 1821
► IMPUTABLE open to censure or accusation; blameworthy, reprehensible, culpable → 1660 obs.
► PERSTRICTIVE tending to censure or reprimand → 1659 obs.

ADVERBS
► TWITTINGLY by way of censure or reproach, esp. of a light or good-humoured kind; tauntingly, teasingly → 1638

NOUNS
► ABRAID censure, upbraiding → 1439 obs.
► CAVIAR ► CAVIARE a passage of printed text that has been erased by a censor → L19 sl.
► CRIMINATION a charging with a crime or grave offense; severe accusation or censure → 1534 obs.
► DEEMING censure; a surmise or suspicion → 1476 obs.
► DYSLOGY censure, dispraise; the opposite of ‘eulogy’ → 1837
► ILLAUDATION censure, the opposite of laudation → 1848
► IMPROOF censure, rebuke, reproof → 1590 obs.
► MISWORD censure, blame, disagreement an angry, unkind, or abusive word → 1893 Eng. dial.
► PANDIE ► PANDY censure, a severe reprimand; punishment in general → 1808 Sc.
► PERSTRICTION sharp censure, criticism → 1681 obs.
► SCOUR ► SCOURIE a severe censure or scolding; a stern rebuke → 1825 Sc.
► SIDE-WIPE an indirect censure, rebuke, or hint → 1757 Eng. dial.
► THUNDERBOLT an awful denunciation, censure, or threat coming from a  high
► TWITTING a censuring, reproaching, or upbraiding a person, activity, etc., esp. in a good-humoured or teasing way; also, a taunt, a jibe → 1565

NOUNS – PERSON
► DEEMER a person who censures or (unfavourably) criticizes others → 1410 obs.
► JUSTICER a critic, a censurer; a person who passes critical judgement → 1609
► TAXER a person who censures, finds fault, or accuses; one who blames → 1601 obs.
► TWITTER a person who censures, reproaches, or upbraids someone → 1598 obs.

VERBS
► BERISP to censure, to reprove, to rebuke → 1481 obs.
► CRIMINATE to censure; to condemn → 1645
► CRITIZE to criticize a person or thing; to censure, to find fault with → 1631 obs.
► CROSSBITE to attack or censure bitingly or bitterly → 1571 obs.
► CUT UP to censure, to criticize, or review with destructive severity → 1762
► DEEM to censure, to pass judgement upon; to condemn → 1300 obs.
► FULMINATE to censure, to condemn; to denounce vehemently → 1687
► GET ONE’S KAIL THROUGH THE REEK to get censure or a severe scolding → 1705 Sc.
► IMPROVE to censure, to blame, to condemn; to disapprove as bad; to disallow; to reprove, to rebuke → 1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► OPEN OUT to censure, to reprimand, to use violent language, to abuse, to cry aloud → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PERSTRINGE to censure; to take to task; to criticize adversely, to find fault with → 1549
► READ A LECTURE to censure or reprimand, esp. in a long-winded manner → 1575 colloq.
► READ A LESSON to censure or reprimand, esp. in a long-winded manner → 1225 colloq.
► RIP UP THE BACK to criticize and censure severely → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SHOOT AT to assail with censure or contempt → 1595 obs.
► STRICTURE to criticize, to censure → 1851
► THROW IN ONE’S TEETH to censure with, to reproach, to upbraid → 1694
► TWIT 1. to censure, reproach, or upbraid a person, esp. in a good-humoured or teasing way; to find fault with; to blame; to taunt → 1530
2. to express disapproval of an action, conduct, etc., esp. in a good-humoured or teasing way; to criticize, to censure; to ridicule → 1543
► TWIT IN THE TEETH to censure, reproach, or upbraid a person; to tease, to taunt → 1530 obs.
► UPBRAY to censure, reproach, or reprove; to find fault with, to carp at → 1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.