All animadvert synonyms

verb animadvert

• discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
• assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
• notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
• conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
• note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
• mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
• say — assay.
• observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
• point out — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
• declare — If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
• utter — to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
• rain — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
• complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
• challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
• demur — If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• inveigh — to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against): to inveigh against isolationism.
• recriminate — to bring a countercharge against an accuser.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• asperse — to spread false rumours about; defame
• incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
• reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
• ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
• reprehend — to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
• backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
• cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
• impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
• denigrate — If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• judge — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
• knock — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.