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flak

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nouncomplaint, criticism

Word Origin & History

1938, from German Flak, condensed from Fliegerabwehrkanone, literally "pilot warding-off cannon." Sense of "anti-aircraft fire" is 1940; metaphoric sense of "criticism" is c.1963 in American English.

Example Sentences for flak

Sim's ship had picked up a small piece of flak, but it had done no damage.

Stan laid over and made a sweep, ducking in and out of the flak.

Over the estuary of the Rhine River Stan met his first flak.

I'll take you right down on top of them, and nuts to their flak fire.

We never worried about the flak much because we could normally avoid it.

The long missions with flak ...

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Synonyms for flak

noun complaint, criticism

abuse
brickbat
censure
condemnation
disapprobation
disapproval
disparagement
hostility
knock
opposition
pan
rap
swipe
bad press
fault-finding

Antonyms for flak

approval
commendation
compliment
endorsement
flattery
praise
sanction

More words related to flak

aftermath

noun. situation following an event, occurrence

after-effects
causatum
chain reaction
consequences
end
eventuality
flak
impact
issue
outcome
payoff
remainder
residual
residuum
results
upshot
waves

animadversion

noun. blame

accusation
censure
criticism
faultfinding
flak
knock
observation
perception
slur

contention

noun. competition

altercation
argument
battle
beef
belligerency
bone of contention
bone to pick
combat
conflict
contest
controversy
difference
disaccord
discord
dispute
dissension
dissent
dissidence
disunity
enmity
feuding
fight
flak
hassle
hostility
quarrel
rivalry
run-in
scene
scrap
set-to
squabble
static
strife
struggle
variance
war
wrangle
wrangling

controversies

noun. debate, dispute

altercation
argument
beef
bickering
brush
contention
difference
discussion
disputation
dissention
embroilment
falling-out
flak
fuss
hurrah
miff
polemic
quarrel
row
rumpus
scene
scrap
squabble
strife
tiff
words
wrangle
wrangling

controversy