animadversion
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So what is it, exactly, that fuels the animadversion against Martin Amis?
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2020
Later the conference re-elected Bishop Cannon, despite considerable animadversion, to the board of Temperance and Social Service.
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This may have been the animadversion of a man who hated them both.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Poppycock," was the virtual animadversion passed by U. S. Rear Admiral W. W. Phelps.
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"The Augsburgh Gazettes" were, therefore, bought up at an immense expense, to save the character of this prince from public animadversion, and consequent contempt and hatred.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.