an|i|mad|ver|sion

an|i|mad|ver|sion
an|i|mad|ver|sion «AN uh mad VUR zhuhn, -shuhn», noun.
unfavorable comment; criticism: »

As the years passed, and the royal mourning remained as unrelieved as ever, the animadversions grew more general and more severe (Lytton Strachey).

SYNONYM(S): censure, blame.
[< Latin animadversiō, -ōnis < animadvertere; see etym. under animadvert (Cf.animadvert)]

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