Animadversion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Strong criticism.
  • n. A critical or censorious remark: "entertained serious animadversions concerning the U.S.S.R. and its behavior on the international scene” ( Adam B. Ulam).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A criticism, a critical remark.
  • n. The state or characteristic of being animadversive.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.
  • n. Monition; warning.
  • n. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
  • n. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or faculty of observing or noticing; observation; perception.
  • n. The act of criticizing; criticism; censure; reproof.
  • n. Synonyms Remark, comment, reprobation, reprehension.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. harsh criticism or disapproval
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disapprobation    condemnation   
    Hyponym
    interdict   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reproof    stricture    censure    comment    criticism   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    reprehension    reprobation    confutation    disapprobation    although   
     
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