animadversion
an unfavorable or censorious comment: to make animadversions on someone's conduct.
the act of criticizing.
Origin of animadversion
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Other words from animadversion
- an·i·mad·ver·sion·al, adjective
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How to use animadversion in a sentence
It is a pleasure which must console me for having subjected myself to his just animadversion on another occasion.
Some of my more lively remarks called out very sharp animadversion.
Medical Essays | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.With regard to ingratitude, there will be a proper time for animadversion on this charge.
Albina soon perceived herself to be an object of remark and animadversion, and she was sadly at a loss to divine the cause.
Pencil Sketches | Eliza LeslieThe exorciser also occasionally laid himself open to inquisitorial animadversion.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4 | Henry Charles Lea
British Dictionary definitions for animadversion
/ (ˌænɪmædˈvɜːʃən) /
criticism or censure
a carefully considered observation
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