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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

Example Sentences

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Replying to an extremely dear reader: Whenever we animadvert on the human race we include ourself.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

This leads me to animadvert on an erroneous inference which hegelian idealism makes from the form of the negative judgment.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

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

I shall have occasion further to animadvert on it.

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

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