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animadversion

an.i.mad.ver.sion \.an-*-.mad-'v*r-zh*n, -m*d-, -'v*r-sh*n\ n [L 
   animadversion-, animadversio, fr. animadversus, pp. of ]animadvertere 1: a 
   critical and usu. censorious remark  2: adverse criticism  mean an adverse 
   criticism. ANIMADVERSION implies criticism prompted by prejudice or ill 
   will; STRICTURE implies censure that may be either ill-natured or 
   judicious; ASPERSION imputes a slanderous character to the criticism; 
   REFLECTION often indicates an implied rather than direct aspersion or 
   criticism SYN syn ANIMADVERSION, STRICTURE, ASPERSION, REFLECTION