| Animadversion 1. (n.) Critical remarks; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. 2. (n.) Monition; warning. 3. (n.) Remarks by way of criticism 4. (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. Thesaurus Entries accusation, adverse criticism, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, censure, criticism, exception, faultfinding, flak, hairsplitting, hit, home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, imputation, insinuation, knock, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, overcriticalness, pestering, pettifogging, priggishness, quibble, quibbling, rap, reflection, reprehension, reproachfulness, slam, slur, stricture, swipe, taking exception, trichoschistism |