criticise

Other forms of criticise

past tense

criticised·

present participle

criticising·

third person

criticises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about criticise

What does criticise mean?

criticise means "find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in criticise?

criticise has 3 syllables: cri-ti-cise. The stress falls on "cri".

What is another word for criticise?

Close synonyms include knock, criticize, pick apart, criticize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is criticise a common word?

criticise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.