Faults

//fɔːlts//

Synonyms for "faults" (419 found)

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craze crevasse crevice crime crime against humanity criticize culpability culpable cut cwm deadly sin defacement defalcation default defection defectiveness deficiency defile deformation deformity

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Verb(19 words)

criticize decry defame denounce denunciate deprecate derogate drag dress down eat someone alive excoriate find fault finger fulminate get at get down get up give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for

Noun(10 words)

defect demerit error faulting flaw floater fluff fracture fuckup geological fault

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Noun(13 words)

inaccuracy lapsus lulu mess-up mistake muck-up screwup shift slip-up solecism stumble trouble vulnerability

inadequacy incision indiscretion inexpiable sin infirmity iniquity injury injustice irrationally joint keloid kink kloof knock lapse leak lentigo liability liable little problem

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malefaction malfeasance malum milium minor wrong misapplication misapprehension misbehavior miscalculation miscarriage misconception misconduct misconstruction miscount misdeal misdeed misdemeanor misdoing misfeasance misidentification misinterpretation misjudgment misplay misprint misquotation misreport miss misstatement misunderstanding misuse moat mole moral flaw mortal sin needle scar nevus niggle nonfeasance notch nullah offence offense omission onus opening outrage overly oversight pass passage peccadillo peccancy perversion pick at pick on pimple pit pock pockmark port-wine mark port-wine stain problem pustule ravine rent responsibility responsible rift rime rupture scab scar scissure scratch seam sebaceous cyst self-contradiction shortcoming sin sin of commission sin of omission sinful act sinfulness slip slit slot snag solecism something missing split strawberry mark sty taint take exception to to a fault to blame tort track transgression trench trespass trip twist typo typographical error unduly unorthodoxy unreasonably untrueness untruth untruthfulness unutterable sin valley venial sin verruca vesicle vice void vulnerable place wadi wale warp wart weak link weak point weak side weakness weal welt wen whitehead wrong wrongness

Verb(43 words)

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rebuke reprehend reprimand reproach reprove rip into rubbish savage scold shend skewer slam slate tear into tell off threap tick off tosh twit upbraid vilify vituperate wite

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You always excuse your faults by blaming others.

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As it was written in haste, the book has many faults.

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Love blinded him to her faults.

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Faults are thick where love is thin.

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