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ANIMADVERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does animadvert mean? 

ANIMADVERT (verb)
  The verb ANIMADVERT has 2 senses:

1. express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitationplay

2. express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remarkplay

  Familiarity information: ANIMADVERT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANIMADVERT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they animadvert  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it animadverts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: animadverted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: animadverted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: animadverting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

animadvert; opine; sound off; speak out; speak up

Context example:

John spoke up at the meeting

Hypernyms (to "animadvert" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "animadvert"):

editorialise; editorialize (insert personal opinions into an objective statement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


Sense 2

Meaning:

Express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "animadvert" is one way to...):

censure; criminate; reprimand (rebuke formally)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

animadversion (harsh criticism or disapproval)


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