to admonish

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to berate

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gYmVyYXRl&hash=7b0c784c4bd80ab118b7e342ae6de88aee45cbb4&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

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to chasten

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gY2hhc3Rlbg&hash=9c18fe8bdb6c12adb03f24234ecc6baf9e31a933&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gY2hhc3Rlbg&hash=2b23c7ed8672c19db54ae77ea4d640fc928e7f8f&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to chide

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gY2hpZGU&hash=37ab18ce49a06eb1f44d3d686b60d17131a2cbc9&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gY2hpZGU&hash=13dea9c19bfa313f353ac4fc30e46725ca06fe47&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to denigrate

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZGVuaWdyYXRl&hash=764b85312bc5f7503ec80a29b12e91a1841e0193&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZGVuaWdyYXRl&hash=85da6d92514a70aadf5f6171c05fe6e614c004e8&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to deride

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZGVyaWRl&hash=5921e3dce4c6046dc7370682b342bf703104de42&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZGVyaWRl&hash=d182a4b72482c99cdcc62b0ec8a2190e4fbedd70&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to disparage

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZGlzcGFyYWdl&hash=a1e8dbec720ec85a050142400ac861fa1338af63&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZGlzcGFyYWdl&hash=86e19c04948b90743016f6421b29c3a9b0290302&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to fulminate

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZnVsbWluYXRl&hash=5c74c68ee93fe21848b8bf59e44faa5b2e04e75e&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZnVsbWluYXRl&hash=929dc581c094c3b7bd32e5b4775a23f80aa10355&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to inveigh

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gaW52ZWlnaA&hash=0a45bcdb0b99a8c644757936f375473300306db8&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gaW52ZWlnaA&hash=6f5e06d692af994b8b1e8bc6f15c7a79009dfd36&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to lambaste

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gbGFtYmFzdGU&hash=dd6129b5fd57c4dd93b08709117b48cce00ad29e&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gbGFtYmFzdGU&hash=861e85600a0450a18c7efca699e64508aa3b4dc6&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to malign

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gbWFsaWdu&hash=9157e9c5cae65d390821cc037f1e5c1e85f195b3&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gbWFsaWdu&hash=f2accf901b110f5f25e16eeb5754593cd2d9a543&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to rail

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gcmFpbA&hash=4415e6fe4d450b4ab05e2ddadb25e2eaa87bcd2f&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gcmFpbA&hash=6df47aa1a052a879317449a2dc2e0252083979dd&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to reproach

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gcmVwcm9hY2g&hash=b8b26f2a500c3164fec7716e4ca5052ece339a0e&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gcmVwcm9hY2g&hash=367eeed5ef149a1110f9a260c044948a2c653d85&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to deprecate

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZGVwcmVjYXRl&hash=bf06e496e1631e6d280594373604598cff17b604&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZGVwcmVjYXRl&hash=d45096699575ac7ae6893cb6554dbfa6d5bdcc40&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to flay

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZmxheQ&hash=0d4ddd86d8bc2e06ccd680f434395b305f4a0770&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZmxheQ&hash=d114ec47bc7ffd88b4ff7b80699a933f942a8c8b&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to excoriate

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZXhjb3JpYXRl&hash=297e9416f312bd1d1091aaeb46e804342fba86a7&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gZXhjb3JpYXRl&hash=a52f9e38d132b49e1704572a3ffe5292442438df&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to lampoon

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gbGFtcG9vbg&hash=1c7ce9f9211b9204d0cc46b2492d99794b4a24b3&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gbGFtcG9vbg&hash=e4f14e796dd6180a46cb1155a0e0c08511310e80&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to scoff

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gc2NvZmY&hash=021df4b28ffa8677ce9acd98d2f53241ddab7ed7&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gc2NvZmY&hash=87516a8ff0fcf8ac5c78c328ea4eb707060b9995&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

to vilify

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gdmlsaWZ5&hash=9720abb9b524e25292b2169e93f934b532afa3a9&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dG8gdmlsaWZ5&hash=b482c0aac88afcea90ec01bbacb5536ee243e52d&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

aspersion

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YXNwZXJzaW9u&hash=350f2ec247467ced8cdc25cdf149677cfd99d3f4&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YXNwZXJzaW9u&hash=8f60634dc993ce2a56cdcd2a88eba1bc30c9a925&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

altercation

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YWx0ZXJjYXRpb24&hash=334a95bdf50f3d6e554d7fe42d3c8fd4ab587b77&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YWx0ZXJjYXRpb24&hash=da6ffcc736d528a72d98b1acccada8552bcea31d&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

animadversion

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YW5pbWFkdmVyc2lvbg&hash=502f68f7a6b918d8d9a83bc2e68cf4c98d4a6f82&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YW5pbWFkdmVyc2lvbg&hash=a4a66e59a04fae22d24087a1f9f07b40dff6c2d6&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

anathema

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YW5hdGhlbWE&hash=dd4f91d0da01670dc90408d4e13cb987fc64227b&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YW5hdGhlbWE&hash=d10b0b45f0f4f70780e7daacdbbff3420fee9e8c&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

calumny

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2FsdW1ueQ&hash=6bb2a9ab9bf5656e71485fb5b1010b39525752f4&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2FsdW1ueQ&hash=a4e2b3b930d77719714971336ba96e7dedd7a0a2&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

castigation

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2FzdGlnYXRpb24&hash=32ca423e0d248593922d9a3527c5368d7f854229&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2FzdGlnYXRpb24&hash=3ef4e507af6607b09ea62b15f1bd00fe83f7cb09&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

diatribe

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=ZGlhdHJpYmU&hash=9d18b51210ac2694e01353638e2a642aa1f9f9b0&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=ZGlhdHJpYmU&hash=1a438530f8fc19be5101ae5c50c82d8ba6d2a912&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

harangue

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aGFyYW5ndWU&hash=20218a232dd8a4ea2d6650e6dd78b15fb2f1e274&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aGFyYW5ndWU&hash=78c48f81f9cb3bbc4a4575632908ba3b5dbe6a98&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

homily

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aG9taWx5&hash=d3a5da9093367e8aa14b6b99ce7f044a50381010&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aG9taWx5&hash=ad8e294dc5223369f3a6761c6076c4b0297f7b6b&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

imprecation

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aW1wcmVjYXRpb24&hash=57a05599c2ff375a739f45fa1efb294fef8a89a1&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aW1wcmVjYXRpb24&hash=ae6081909d51bc514dbe8a45d5b10d10407d1918&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

catcall

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2F0Y2FsbA&hash=887bdf4a2adee9199da4382d569c438d5a6066e8&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2F0Y2FsbA&hash=281b8a673c8e4ccc44184346f17e650a1da923e2&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

invective

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aW52ZWN0aXZl&hash=b86f0f751b95f1dfb073f5cacbf9e2a87d76bf2b&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aW52ZWN0aXZl&hash=10cda6e7c6205346a2cfd3598fcd1f4b2c2bd02f&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

tirade

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dGlyYWRl&hash=b8ca6765241b552c915d081e7a0b2c75bd1e4bf3&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dGlyYWRl&hash=b684f17506c20dfea4ab1cf30f7d3d3f85bc7b98&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

stricture

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https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=c3RyaWN0dXJl&hash=644846105516d36fce60e58e36e2e549b75a33fc&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

A polemic is a written or spoken argument that strongly attacks or defends a particular idea, belief, or position. It is typically characterized by a passionate and confrontational style, aimed at challenging or criticizing opposing viewpoints. Polemics are used to persuade others to adopt a different perspective or to highlight flaws in an opposing argument.

What is a "polemic"?

polemic

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https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=cG9sZW1pYw&hash=3b6aaad97230ac12a545e850659c1db05702b75c&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

vituperation

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dml0dXBlcmF0aW9u&hash=c3a3706597248e96c61932cd4b14180535dc0a33&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=dml0dXBlcmF0aW9u&hash=e7d45582cd8ceb0a284ad34c6baa8306798f150c&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

askance

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YXNrYW5jZQ&hash=6a3c87dcf96d4a8692e70c80466f68bacd0be2ab&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=YXNrYW5jZQ&hash=8ef1ecfa0a609518cd89aa8d9426cf8b1e7e2168&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

captious

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2FwdGlvdXM&hash=c4d8a7804e58742d757b2bb56832373cefc43003&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2FwdGlvdXM&hash=6c34236018f63d831f5c649842016299486927dc&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

censorious

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2Vuc29yaW91cw&hash=3c792fadc8bd470a7b83b1d78e174cfa8fcd7805&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=Y2Vuc29yaW91cw&hash=4e1fe129c7f87731c5745facc2758923d3a8143d&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

incredulous

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aW5jcmVkdWxvdXM&hash=403bc5d5c265a792b9c73f5225cd98be12306d9b&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts

https://tts.langeek.co/read?text=aW5jcmVkdWxvdXM&hash=610a0105b7661665fa8c1473c85b899f0dcdf00f&lang=en&cache-only=0&driver=googletts&accent=GB

Learn advanced CPE vocabulary for criticism and censure, including disapproval, condemnation, rebuke, blame, reproach, and strongly negative judgments.

Critique et Censure

Vocabulaire CPE pour la critique et la censure

Criticism & Censure

CPE Vocabulary for Criticism and Censure