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stricture: severe criticism

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backbiting collapse

calumny collapse

reprehension collapse

nuisance value collapse

puckering collapse

hourglass collapse: a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes

tapering collapse: the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"; gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"

condemnation collapse: (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building); the condition of being strongly disapproved of; "he deserved nothing but condemnation"

hampering collapse

isthmus collapse: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure; a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

bad notices collapse

bad press collapse

anathema collapse: a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication; a detested person; "he is an anathema to me"

animadversion collapse

contraction collapse: the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope; (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber); a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"

indictment collapse: a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense; an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"

arraignment collapse: a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment

systole collapse: the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery

carping collapse

nit picking collapse

nit collapse: egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing; a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

niggle collapse

compression collapse: applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required; the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

obloquy collapse: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

holdback collapse

quibbling collapse

constriction collapse: the action or process of compressing; a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"; tight or narrow compression; a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

narrowing collapse: the act of making something narrower; an instance of becoming narrow; a decrease in width

damnation collapse: the act of damning; the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

knitting collapse: creating knitted wear

stranglehold collapse: a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe; complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"

pestering collapse

contumely collapse

nagging collapse

abbreviation collapse: shortening something by omitting parts of it; a shortened form of a word or phrase

astringency collapse: the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids; a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

denunciation collapse: a public act of denouncing

closure collapse: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric; a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body; terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"

impediment collapse

criticism collapse: a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated"; a written evaluation of a work of literature; disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"

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