Praise and Criticize

Praise: Express warm approval or admiration of.
Synonyms: Applaud, Commend, Compliment, Eulogize, Exalt, Hail, Laud, Lionize.

  • The actors in the play were  highly applauded for their  performance .
  • Royce was commended by the judge for his courageous actions .
  • Ashley thought it a great idea to eulogize her heroic uncle with a poem.
  • The essay exalts the simple beauty of the country.
  • The new drug has been widely hailed as a great breakthrough.
  • Many people lauded her efforts to help the poor
  • She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize.

Phrasal Verbs and Idioms associated:

Express approval of  someone or something
Express admiration for someone or something
Speak highly of someone or something
To Make much of someone or something
To take one’s hat off to someone
To throw bouquets at someone
Go into raptures about someone or something

Criticize: Scold or criticize (someone) angrily.
Synonyms: Admonish, Chastise, Chide, Rebuke, Reprimand, Upbraid.

  • Our drama teacher would admonish students for repeatedly forgetting the lines .
  • I like my coach because he encourages me frequently and rarely looks for a reason to chastise me.
  • I don’t want the boss to chide me for being late again, so I’m setting the alarm for a half hour earlier.
  • After learning the lawyer accepted a bribe, the committee decided to rebuke him and suspend his license.
  • When I misbehaved in school, my teacher sent me home with a written reprimand for my parents to sign.
  • Without a doubt, my parents are going to upbraid me for not passing any of my classes this semester.

Phrasal Verbs and Idioms associated:
To take someone  to task
To pull someone or somthing  up
Read someone the Riot Act
Give someone a piece of one’s mind
To Haul someone  over the coals