censure
noun
strong or vehement expression of disapproval.
censurer
-
a word derived from
censure.
Example Sentences
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When they laid out his body "it was found that this ironist, this witty censurer, had worn a hair shirt."
From Time Magazine Archive
He also took upon himself the office of perpetual censurer of my discourses.
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker
The greatest censurer of Justinian shall be his greatest panegyrist.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn
The head-master had the generosity to bear his censurer no grudge for his outspokenness.
From The Silent Isle by Arthur Christopher Benson
Lewis was a sharp censurer of Hearne, and was somewhat jealous of the typographical reputation of Ames.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
