English noun: unfavorable judgment | |||
1. | unfavorable judgment (communication) disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings | ||
Samples | The senator received severe criticism from his opponent. | ||
Synonyms | criticism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disapproval | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | attack, attack, blast, brickbat, carping, faultfinding, fire, flack, flak, potshot, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, slating, static, stricture, thrust | ||