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pick apart
Overview of verb pick-apart
The verb pick apart has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart -- (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free")
Antonyms of verb pick-apart
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pick-apart
1 sense of pick apart
Sense 1
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> comment, notice, remark, point out
=> note, observe, mention, remark
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pick-apart
1 sense of pick apart
Sense 1
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> reprimand, censure, criminate
=> savage, pillory, crucify
=> admonish, reprove
=> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> reprehend
=> deplore
=> belabor, belabour
=> come down
=> denounce
=> blame, find fault, pick
=> disparage, belittle, pick at
=> nitpick
=> attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pick-apart
1 sense of pick apart
Sense 1
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> comment, notice, remark, point out
'Cause To' of verb pick-apart
Derived Forms of verb pick-apart
Domain of verb pick-apart
Domain Terms of verb pick-apart
Familiarity of verb pick-apart
pick apart used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb pick-apart
1 sense of pick apart
Sense 1
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb pick-apart
1 sense of pick apart
Sense 1
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
> comment, notice, remark, point out
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> wisecrack
=> kibitz, kibbitz
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pick-apart
Sense 1
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> comment, notice, remark, point out
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