verb
- making critical or disapproving comments about someone or something
Usage: present participle of animadvert; formal or literary
Examples
- The reviewer was animadverting on the film's weak plot and poor dialogue.
- She spent the meeting animadverting on the company's lack of transparency.
- He began animadverting on the government's handling of the crisis.
- The critic was animadverting harshly on the artist's latest work.
- Without animadverting on anyone's motives, I think we need a better plan.
- The board members were animadverting on the budget cuts throughout the session.