MEANING
To criticize or comment adversely on something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- animadvert on conduct
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The essay animadverted on their conduct.
He animadverted on the council’s silence.
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Word forms
- Base
- animadvert
- Past tense
- animadverted
- Past participle
- animadverted
- Present participle
- animadverting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- animadvert
- Present continuous
- am/is/are animadverting
- Present perfect
- have/has animadverted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been animadverting
- Past
- animadverted
- Past continuous
- was/were animadverting
- Past perfect
- had animadverted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been animadverting
- Future
- will animadvert
- Future continuous
- will be animadverting
- Future perfect
- will have animadverted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been animadverting
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: animadvert; animadverts; animadverted; animadverted; animadverting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: animadverts.
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