animadvert+upon
21impugn — v 1. malign, gibbet, vilify, vituperate, vilipend, run down, defame, denigrate, scandalize, asperse, impute, insinuate, cast aspersions, speak ill of, speak evil of, backbite, Sl. badmouth, Sl. poor mouth; slander, libel, calumniate, traduce,… …
22Criticise — Crit i*cise (kr?t ? s?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Criticised} ( s?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Criticising}.] [Written also, more analogically, but less commonly, criticize.] [Cf. G. kritisiren. See {Critic}.] 1. To examine and judge as a critic; to pass… …
23Criticised — Criticise Crit i*cise (kr?t ? s?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Criticised} ( s?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Criticising}.] [Written also, more analogically, but less commonly, criticize.] [Cf. G. kritisiren. See {Critic}.] 1. To examine and judge as a critic; …
24Criticising — Criticise Crit i*cise (kr?t ? s?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Criticised} ( s?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Criticising}.] [Written also, more analogically, but less commonly, criticize.] [Cf. G. kritisiren. See {Critic}.] 1. To examine and judge as a critic; …
25expostulate — I verb admonish, advise against, animadvert upon, appeal against, argue, attempt to divert, cast reproach upon, castigate, caution, chastise, chide, convince to the contrary, correct, declaim against, dehort, deter, disapprove, discourage,… …
26lash — I (attack verbally) verb admonish, animadvert upon, assail, berate, betongue, blackguard, cast reproach upon, castigate, chastise, chide, criticize severly, decry, excoriate, exprobrate, flay, fulminate against, impugn, increpate, inveigh,… …
27mention — v refer to, speak of, allude to, invoke, bring up; make mention of, touch on, comment upon, animadvert upon, make note of, point out; name, specify, indicate, direct attention to, call attention to, bring to one s notice, call to mind. 2. tell,… …
28refer — v 1. direct, point, conduct, send, turn; intend, mean, indicate, denote, signify, suggest, connote, have to do with. 2. hand over, submit, yield, deliver, consign, relegate, render; transfer, bestow, entrust, deposit. 3. assign, attribute, put… …
29reprobate — n 1. miscreant, villain, blackguard, knave, wretch, Archaic. caitiff; scapegrace, scoundrel, rogue, rascal, Archaic. varlet, scamp, Inf. scalawag, rapscallion; ne er do well, good for nothing, Fr. vaurien, Sl. bum; cur, Sl. dog, Inf. hound,… …
30decry — v 1. detract, disparage, demean, deprecate, belittle, deflate, depreciate, devaluate, damn with faint praise, Inf. talk down; discredit, disfavor, make disreputable, injure or impair the credit or reputation of; criticize, dispraise, cut up,… …
