verb
harass with constant criticism
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Don't always pick on your little brother
• Derivationally related forms: ↑faultfinder, ↑blame (for: ↑blame)
• Hypernyms: ↑knock, ↑criticize, ↑criticise, ↑pick apart
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Somebody ——s PP
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phrasal : to discover and proclaim some defect or censurable action or quality : criticize unfavorably
he is chronically finding fault
— often used with with
at times found fault with interpretation, balance, tone quality — Current Biography
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find fault
1. To carp, be critical
2. (with with) to censure for some mistake or defect
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Main Entry: ↑fault
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Imake an adverse criticism or objection, sometimes unfairly or destructively
he finds fault with everything I do
see fault
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Main Entry: ↑fault
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find fault
: to criticize someone or something
No matter what she did, her husband was always finding fault.
— usually + with
Her husband found fault with everything she did.
see also ↑faultfinder
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Main Entry: ↑find
Useful english dictionary. 2012.