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Definition of censured : of Censure

Synonyms:

punished

blamed, imputed, accused, reproached, condemned, attributed, ascribed, rebuked, charged, indicted

defamed, deprecated, castigated, disparaged, renounced, derided, criticized, denounced, upbraided, chastened, defiled, disapproved, scorned, chided, discredited, vilified, chastised, admonished, denigrated

reprimanded

Usage examples:

• He added that it was M. de Turenne who had sent to the editors the note in which I had been so heavily censured. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
• He censured his wife severely for her part in the matter, upon her own statement; and told her plainly that she had not treated Sally as a sister should have been treated. - "The Lights and Shadows of Real Life", T.S. Arthur Edition: 10 Language: English.
• But General Clavering, who most severely censured monopoly in general, thought that this monopoly ought to be retained,- but for a reason which shows his opinion of the wretched state of the country: for he supposed it impossible, with the power and influence which must attend British subjects in all their transactions, that monopoly could be avoided; and he preferred an avowed monopoly, which brought benefit to government, to a virtual engrossing, attended with profit only to individuals. - "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12)", Edmund Burke.