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Meanings of animadversion in English

Portuguese
reprovação
Spanish
desaprobación

Harsh criticism or disapproval.

reprovação
Usage of animadversion in English
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IN addition to her mother's implacable wrath and unceasing animadversion whole family.
Marriage
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Froude had a mode of treating documents which is open to animadversion.
The Life of Froude
3
The act of parliament did not pass without animadversion and discontent.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I
4
The Queen's toilet was likewise a never-failing subject for animadversion with the Emperor.
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volum...
5
Some of my more lively remarks called out very sharp animadversion.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882
6
Even Mrs. Thrale did not escape his friendly animadversion at times.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
7
Nor did the misconduct of the present ministry escape the animadversion of the parliament.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
8
But Mr. Motley comes in for his share of animadversion in Mr. Davis's letter.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
9
Their residence was sequestered and obscure, and not obnoxious to impertinent inquiries and malignant animadversion.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
10
With regard to ingratitude, there will be a proper time for animadversion on this charge.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12)
11
And yet he had drawn upon himself general animadversion!
History of the Expedition to Russia / Undertaken by the Emperor ...
12
The same animadversion might be urged against Defoe's "Colonel Jacque" or "The Fortunate Mistress."
The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood
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But for the lateness of the session the message would have been the subject of severe animadversion.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
14
He revolved it as a chant: with anon and anon involuntarily a discordant animadversion on Lady Busshe.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
15
The fifth point will demand little animadversion.
The Federalist Papers
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On the 11th of June a treaty with Sweden was laid before parliament, which excited strong animadversion.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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Translations for animadversion
Portuguese
reprovação
Animadversion through the time