animadvert

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.

Synonyms

criticize

censure

upbraid

speak out

speak up

score

reprehend

opine

slander

sound off

crab

🦀

criminate

criticise

decry

denounce

evaluate

fault

find fault

grade

judge

🧑‍⚖️

keelhaul

mark

objurgate

pan

peer review

rap

rebuke

reprimand

reproach

review

scarify

scold

undervalue

vilify

reflect upon

assess

speak ill of

attack

👊

berate

blame

calumniate

carp

castigate

come by

comment

condemn

Translations

criticar

tadeln

انتقد

censurar

kritisieren

criticar

critiquer

Kritik üben an

anlassen

Kritik

sich kritisch äußern

abwägen

επικρίνω

zensieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌænɪmədˈvɜːt/

Etymology

From Latin animadvertō, from Latin animum (“mind”) (accusative singular of animus (“mind; soul; life force”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos (“breath”), from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”)) + Latin advertō (“to turn to”) (from Latin ad- (“to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; near”) + Latin vertō (“to turn”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”)).