See censure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "plísnit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "zavrhnout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "odsoudit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "vyplísnit"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "admoni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "tuomita"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "censurar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "tadeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "monieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "kritisieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "verurteilen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "verdammen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "anaqiþan",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "mengecam"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "wenerau"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "reprochar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "reprehender"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "requintear (Americanism)"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to criticize harshly",
"word": "pulaan"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osǎždam",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "осъждам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "berispen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "op de vingers tikken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "tadeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "Verweis erteilen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "Rüge erteilen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "rügen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "Tadel erteilen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "euthúnō",
"sense": "to formally rebuke",
"word": "εὐθύνω"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"censure"
],
"word": "censure"
}
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