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censure

Meaning

A strong public reprimand or expression of condemnation; official disapproval.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The council's vote was a stark censure, a public statement of their extreme disapproval. They felt his actions were wrong and needed to make that very clear.

The council's decision to censure the mayor felt like a punch to the gut. After his outburst, everyone knew he deserved their strong public reprimand, a clear expression of condemnation for his disrespectful actions.

The council felt a deep and official disapproval of his actions; their unanimous censure was a harsh public reprimand that echoed through the stone halls, leaving him isolated and exposed.

The mayor's wildly wobbly, wonky parade float was a true disaster. After it accidentally splashed the governor with glitter goo, the town council issued a formal censure. This meant everyone was very, very mad and told him he was super silly.

The king's pet hamster, Reginald, received swift censure from the royal court after he gnawed through the Magna Carta. His tiny, furry face showed no remorse, only a faint dusting of parchment, as the grand pronouncement of his official disapproval echoed through the banquet hall.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The council's stern censure echoed through the hall after the CEO's egregious ethical breach. It was a formal, strong disapproval, a public reprimand that left no room for doubt about their official condemnation.

The council members offered a swift censure to the architect. His design for the bioluminescent algae farm, meant to purify the city's wastewater, was deemed both extravagant and dangerously unstable, a public shame for his usually meticulous work.

The council's vote was a swift censure of the inventor’s unauthorized sky-whale modification. Their unanimous disapproval echoed through the hangar, a stark public reprimand for his reckless tinkering with the city’s primary atmospheric transport.

The entire town united in a loud public reprimand for Barry, whose audacious attempt to train squirrels to deliver mail resulted in a chaotic acorn-bombing incident. This strong condemnation, a clear expression of disapproval, left Barry blushing brighter than a traffic cone.

The mayor’s official censure of the rogue pigeon, Bartholomew, for repeatedly dive-bombing the town’s prize-winning petunias was met with mixed reviews. While many citizens applauded the strong public reprimand, Bartholomew’s feathered fanbase argued it was an unfair expression of condemnation for his artistic floral interventions.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The council's sharp censure of the mayor was a public condemnation of his unethical practices. Everyone knew he'd crossed a line, and the official disapproval left no doubt about the gravity of his transgressions.

The guild elders issued a formal censure against Barnaby, their collective disapproval a palpable force. His unauthorized experimentation with chrono-synclastic infundibulum technology had jeopardized temporal integrity, earning him their sternest condemnation.

The council’s unanimous censure of the chairman for mismanaging vital funds left him visibly shaken. His previous arrogance dissolved into a sheepish silence as their stern pronouncements echoed in the hall, leaving no doubt about their profound disapproval.

The town council, after witnessing Bartholomew's elaborate, glitter-bomb-laden proposal to the town fountain, issued a swift censure. His performance, involving a unicycle and a kazoo rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody," was deemed an egregious spectacle, warranting significant official disapproval for its sheer, unapologetic absurdity.

The esteemed judges of the International Snail Racing Federation issued a severe censure against Bartholomew "Barty" Buttonnose for his unsportsmanlike gelatinous flicking during the Slime Grand Prix. His deliberate misting of Penelope Puddlefoot's prime racing slime trail earned him universal disapproval.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The council's unanimous vote was a stark censure of the mayor's egregious financial impropriety. Public trust had been irrevocably fractured, and their collective disapproval, delivered with grim finality, served as a profound and official condemnation of his malfeasance.

The board's unanimous censure of the lead architect followed the catastrophic structural failure. Their public disapproval was a stark testament to the egregious miscalculations, ensuring his reputation would be irreparably marred by this overt condemnation.

The council's unanimous censure of the magistrate followed his flagrant malfeasance, a public castigation that left no room for ambiguity. His egregious dereliction of duty, exposed by the whistleblower, warranted this potent expression of institutional disapproval, a definitive condemnation of his errant conduct.

The egregious antics of Bartholomew Buttercup, renowned for his flamboyant sock-puppet opera about existential dread, finally elicited a formal censure from the town council. Their collective, thunderous disapproval, broadcast live via carrier pigeon, condemned his penchant for abstract yet mournful avian theatrics as utterly preposterous.

The egregious misuse of the royal scepter to swat at a particularly impertinent pigeon resulted in a swift royal censure. Parliament, aghast at such an undignified demonstration of monarchical pique, issued a formal expression of condemnation, a strong public reprimand for the sovereign's avian altercation.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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