scrutinize
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
Origin of scrutinize
1- Also especially British, scru·ti·nise .
Other words for scrutinize
Other words from scrutinize
- scru·ti·ni·za·tion, noun
- scru·ti·niz·er, noun
- scru·ti·niz·ing·ly, adverb
- re·scru·ti·nize, verb (used with object), re·scru·ti·nized, re·scru·ti·niz·ing.
- self-scru·ti·nized, adjective
- self-scru·ti·niz·ing, adjective
- un·scru·ti·nized, adjective
- un·scru·ti·niz·ing, adjective
- un·scru·ti·niz·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use scrutinize in a sentence
He was a keen scrutinizer of men and manners, and failed not to observe the power wielded by the army.
Wagner as I Knew Him | Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm PraegerEvery commune has its official scrutinizer, who reports the doings of the employees to the government.
Socialism and Democracy in Europe | Samuel P. OrthThe man is great in his own eyes—this scrutinizer of Majesty and fabricator of heresies.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorHe was too close a scrutinizer of the part and not enough of an observer of the whole for good portraiture.
A Text-Book of the History of Painting | John C. Van Dyke
British Dictionary definitions for scrutinize
scrutinise
/ (ˈskruːtɪˌnaɪz) /
(tr) to examine carefully or in minute detail
Derived forms of scrutinize
- scrutinizer or scrutiniser, noun
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