Stricture
['strɪktʃə] or ['strɪktʃɚ]
Definition
(n.) Strictness.
(n.) A stroke; a glance; a touch.
(n.) A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
(n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
Typed by Barnaby
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Animadversion, censure, criticism, critique, critical remark.[2]. (Med.) Contraction (of some duct, as the œsophagus).
Checked by Ives
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Censure, criticism, animadversion, reprobation, dispraise, blame, reprehension
ANT:Praise, commendation, eulogy, compliment
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