Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To examine or observe with great care; inspect critically.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To subject to scrutiny; observe or investigate closely; examine or inquire into critically; regard narrowly.
- Synonyms Explore, etc. See search.
- To make scrutiny.
- Also spelled scrutinise.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly.
- v. To make scrutiny.
WordNet 3.0
- v. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
- v. to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
Examples
“In his charge to jurors, Trafford instructed them to "scrutinize" her testimony with "the greatest of care. . .”
“She has little paper trail; she was never a judge and has no judicial opinions to scrutinize and has written relatively few law review articles.”
Simon & Schuster: The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
“If the Japanese feel they have threats in the neighborhood, as they do with North Korea and China, they tend to scrutinize our alliance.”
“For example, the legislation passed by Congress last year requiring companies to scrutinize their Congolese supply chains made a lot of sense in itself, but it was ill adapted to the Congolese context.”
The Wall Street Journal: Digging for the Truth About a Dirty Trade
“A new program will scrutinize proposed health-insurance-premium boosts of 10% or more, requiring insurers to justify their action.”
“Starting Thursday, the Obama administration and states will automatically scrutinize any proposed health-premium increase of 10% or more as part of the 2010 health-overhaul law.”
The Wall Street Journal: Steep Rises in Health Premiums Scrutinized
“I believe that entrepreneurs can use the help of mentors who can scrutinize their decisions, challenge them and give them direction.”
The Wall Street Journal: Palestinian Reinvents Jordan Pharmacies
“As NBC/Universal earned approval for their massive merger a few months ago, everyone in the black community has reason to scrutinize this move to ensure that we are truly getting a piece of the pie.”
“Even if Mr. Cook is willing to take the kind of risks that Mr. Jobs did, the company's board will likely scrutinize his moves more carefully, said Forrester Research Chief Executive George Colony.”
“The Senate Banking Committee staff is gathering information about the ratings cut, while the Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to scrutinize the model used by S&P.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘scrutinize’.
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avfordomd's list
lexicon
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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I am : looking
To describe facial expressions when attending to something.
look, peer, glance, stare, glare, glower, ogle, peek, observe, scrutinize, gaze, gape and 18 more...
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Here's Looking At You Kid
Synonyms or funny substitutes for the word 'look'.
gaze, glare, saw, penned, peeked, poked, bore, blazed, glance, search, gaped, gawped and 29 more...
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scraps
scray, scramble, scraggly, scrape, scree, scrap, scrape by, scratch, scratch out, scratch race, scratch up, scranny and 61 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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Words I don't know.
scrutinize, linguistics, lexicographer, prune, sophisticated
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words I can use that won't confuse
great words that will be understood by most people sound great and add flavour to my conversations
flummox, rigamarole, colloquialisms, smarmy, tweak, synchronicity, scrutinize, ruthless, mortified
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Words I like
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franky's Words
formitastic, human resources, cocktail, gravatar, tequila, twitter, moloko, gmail, beeb, mp3, cover art, thumbnail and 184 more...
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Critischism
Divisive devices; emissary of Momus.
peevology, pessimize, philippic, philopolemic, billingsgate, charientism, criticaster, ludification, flyting, miserabilism, misprize, admonish and 145 more...
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From Book - SAT & College Dictionary Workbook
ebb, exotic, immure, abeyance, panegyric, debonair, protege, dissipate, frantic, penitent, abject, edify and 871 more...
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words I love
uncouth, milquetoast, clusterfuck, salacious, usurp, harpoon, unsavoury, bulwark, legerdemain, qualm, quagmire, trumps and 208 more...
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barfi
turpentine, cognate, connotation, denotation, bias, unflinching, emptive, mob, amnesty, modestly, spear, incline and 150 more...
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cutting words
sarcasm, sarx, sarcoptic, syssarcosis, shrew, shrewd, screed, scred, shroud, scroll, scrod, scrutiny and 322 more...
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Miscellany
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