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animadvert on

VERB

criticize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blame blast castigate censure chastise chide condemn denounce excoriate reprimand

STRONG

bash blister carp clobber disparage fluff fustigate hit knock lambaste pan rap reprehend reprobate reprove rip roast scorch skin slam slog slug trash trim zap

WEAK

come down on cut down cut to bits cut up denunciate do a number on dress down find fault fulminate against give bad press jump on nag at nit-pick pick at scathe skin alive take down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

approve commend compliment exonerate forgive laud praise

STRONG

flatter lose

WEAK

estimate guess suppose

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There is always plenty of room for severe animadversion, and the harpies of the Courts are always upon the look-out, to pounce upon and make victims of those who venture to animadvert on them.

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 by Hunt, Henry

I shall have occasion further to animadvert on it.

From Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Wollstonecraft, Mary

The censors are privileged to animadvert on the conduct even of the emperor himself; to censure the manner in which all other officials perform or neglect their duties and to denounce them to the throne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

I was at liberty to animadvert on the visible part of their intercourse.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

I should not animadvert on him… if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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