Cheer and Criticize

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Cheer

Cheer verb - To declare enthusiastic approval of.
Usage example: critics and fans alike have cheered the latest addition to the author's series of fantasy novels
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Criticize is an antonym for cheer.
Nearby Words: cheerful, cheerless, cheery, cheering, cheerfulness

Criticize

Criticize verb - To express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of.
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Antonyms for Criticize
Cheer is an antonym for criticize.
Nearby Words: critical, criticise, criticism, critic, critically
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Common collocations

people cheer people criticize people
stuff cheer stuff criticize stuff
someone cheer someone criticize someone
way cheer way criticize way
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