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animadversion

[an-uh-mad-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ˌæn ə mædˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /


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So what is it, exactly, that fuels the animadversion against Martin Amis?

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020

"Poppycock," was the virtual animadversion passed by U. S. Rear Admiral W. W. Phelps.

From Time Magazine Archive

This may have been the animadversion of a man who hated them both.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later the conference re-elected Bishop Cannon, despite considerable animadversion, to the board of Temperance and Social Service.

From Time Magazine Archive

And when I am gone, will you take my part, if I should be made the subject of animadversion?

From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various

But he still had access to the social network of Washington journalists, his base constituency, always available to be entertained with his private animadversions of other politicians.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2020

An immediate impression which many an observer got from the animadversions at Madison was that they were characterized by a refreshing and appealing amateurism.

From Time Magazine Archive

If he made a return speaking tour, he might be forced into a heated defense of the World Court by the animadversions of opponents against his speeches on the way out.

From Time Magazine Archive

No man who has been in Paradise for seven minutes can be expected to pay much attention to the animadversions of a temporal court.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, encouraged by Sube's contemptuous animadversions, he finally found himself saying that if the "Big Noise" should come botherin' around him, he'd lick him with one hand.

From Sube Cane by Edward Bellamy Partridge




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