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animadversion

[an-uh-mad-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ˌæn ə mædˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /


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So what is it, exactly, that fuels the animadversion against Martin Amis?

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020

This may have been the animadversion of a man who hated them both.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Poppycock," was the virtual animadversion passed by U. S. Rear Admiral W. W. Phelps.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later the conference re-elected Bishop Cannon, despite considerable animadversion, to the board of Temperance and Social Service.

From Time Magazine Archive

The North is the theme of animadversion in all the published sermons and addresses I have seen from his prolific pen.

From The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession by John H. Aughey

But he still had access to the social network of Washington journalists, his base constituency, always available to be entertained with his private animadversions of other politicians.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2020

Deeply troubled by the Post's animadversions, Prince de Ligne called at the Department of State to verify his status.

From Time Magazine Archive

He overcomes, strangely, the animadversions of the young waitress.

From Time Magazine Archive

If he made a return speaking tour, he might be forced into a heated defense of the World Court by the animadversions of opponents against his speeches on the way out.

From Time Magazine Archive

He looked across the smooth stretch of the bay to where the object of his animadversions lay swinging to the tide.

From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Guy Newell Boothby


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