Pan
Pan verb - To express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of.
Usage example: virtually all the movie critics have panned this latest sequel in a tired series
Nearby Word: panful
Praise
Praise verb - To declare enthusiastic approval of.
Usage example: the school volunteers were praised for their excellent work in the reading program
How words are described
| rare | rare pan | rare praise |
| similar | similar pan | similar praise |
| single | single pan | single praise |
| real | real pan | real praise |
| Other adjectives: great, huge, dramatic, wide. | ||
Common collocations
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