Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

criticism

/ˈkɹɪtɪsɪzm̩/ noun

Forms criticisms

  1. noun (uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed. “The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.”
  2. noun (countable) A critical observation or detailed examination and review. “The politician received several detailed criticisms of his stance on the issue.”

Synonyms

censure dispraise panning critique animadversion stricture criticization dressing-down handbagging slam admonishment blame brickbatting castigation onus chastisement discommendation reprehension vituperation unfavorable judgment literary criticism

Antonyms

advice praise

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism.
  2. noun The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “criticism”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “criticism” (best matches first).