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criminal^2
adjective involving crime
» Stealing is a criminal
offence.
corrupt, crooked, illegal,
illicit, unlawful, culpable,
felonious, indictable,
iniquitous, nefarious
antonym: legalcripple^1
verb to injure severely
» He was crippled for months
after the accident.
disable, lame,
maim, paralysecripple^2
verb to prevent from working
» Snow crippled the bus
network and we got the day off.
bring to a standstill, impair,
put out of actioncritical^1
adjective very important
» It is critical to add the
ingredients in the right order.
crucial, deciding, decisive,
momentous, pivotal, vital
antonym: unimportantcritical^2
adjective very serious
» Her car was in critical need
of a new battery.
grave, precarious, seriouscritical^3
adjective finding fault with
something or someone
» The boy thought his teacher
was too critical and had marked
his essay down.
carping, derogatory,
disapproving, disparaging,
scathing, captious,
cavilling, censorious,
fault-finding
antonym: complimentarycriticism
noun expression of disapproval
» His criticism of the play
was harsh.
censure, disapproval,
disparagement,
fault-finding, flak (informal),
panning (informal),
denigration, stricture
antonym: praisecriticize
verb to find fault » The bus
driver was criticized for not
being on time.
censure, condemn,
find fault with,
knock (informal),
pan (informal), put down,
disparage, excoriate,
lambast, lambaste
antonym: praisecrook
noun (informal) a criminal
» The man is a crook
and a liar.
cheat, rogue, scoundrel
(old-fashioned), shark,
swindler, thief, villaincrooked^1
adjective bent or twisted
» The nails were crooked after
Dad’s attempts to hammer
them into the hard wall.
bent, deformed, distorted,
irregular, out of shape,
twisted, warped
antonym: straightcrooked^2
adjective dishonest or illegal
» My parents hoped the
salesman wasn’t crooked.
corrupt, criminal,
dishonest, fraudulent,
illegal, shady (informal),
dishonourable, nefarious,
unprincipled
antonym: honestcross^1
verb to go across
» The bridge crosses the river.
ford, go across,
span, traversecross^2
verb to meet and go across
» The bus stop is near
the traffic lights where the
roads cross.
crisscross, intersectcross^3
noun a mixture of two things
» The dog was a cross
between a collie and a retriever.
blend, combination,
mixturecross^4
adjective angry » I’m very
cross with him.
angry, annoyed, fractious,
fretful, grumpy, in a bad
mood, irritable, irascible,
peevish, testy, tetchycrouch
verb to squat down
» We all crouched
in the grass.
bend down, squatcrowd^1
noun a large group of people
» A huge crowd gathered
in the square.
horde, host, mass, mob,
multitude, swarm, throngcrowd^2
verb to gather close together
» Hundreds of fans crowded
into the hall.
congregate, gather,
swarm, throngcrowded
adjective full of people
» It was a crowded room.
congested, full,
overflowing, packedcrucial
adjective very important
» He held his nerve at the
crucial moment and won
the game.
central, critical, decisive,
momentous, pivotal, vitalcrude^1
adjective rough and simple
» The monkey used the
stone as a crude tool to
open the nuts.
primitive, rough,
rudimentary, simplecrude^2
adjective rude and offensive
» He had a crude and
embarrassing sense of humour.
coarse, tasteless, vulgar,
boorish, crass
antonym: refinedcruel
adjective deliberately causing
hurt » Her words were cruel.
barbarous, brutal, callous,
cold-blooded, heartless,
inhumane, sadistic, savage,
vicious
antonyms: compassionate,
kindcruelty
noun cruel behaviour
» Leaving Maz out of the final
match was an act of cruelty.
barbarity, brutality,
callousness, inhumanity,
savagery, viciousness
antonyms: compassion,
kindnesscrumple
verb to squash and wrinkle
» She crumpled the paper
in her hand.
crease, crush,
screw up, wrinkleThe bridge crosses the river.We all crouched in the grass.The monkey used the stone as
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