critical+remark
41stricture — [ strɪktʃə] noun 1》 a rule restricting behaviour or action. 2》 a sternly critical remark. 3》 Medicine abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. Derivatives strictured adjective Origin ME: from L. strictura, from stringere (see strict) …
42stricture — n. 1. Animadversion, censure, criticism, critical remark. 2. (Med.) Contraction (of some duct, as the aesophagus), drawing …
43brickbat — ► NOUN 1) a piece of brick used as a missile. 2) a critical remark or reaction …
44comeback — ► NOUN 1) a return to prominence or fashionability. 2) informal a quick reply to a critical remark. 3) informal opportunity to seek redress …
45dig — ► VERB (digging; past and past part. dug) 1) break up and turn over or move earth. 2) make (a hole) by digging. 3) (often dig up) extract from the ground by digging. 4) poke or jab sharply. 5) ( …
46like water off a duck's back — ► like water off a duck s back (of a critical remark) having no effect. Main Entry: ↑duck …
47put-down — ► NOUN informal ▪ a humiliating or critical remark …
48sideswipe — ► NOUN 1) a passing critical remark. 2) chiefly N. Amer. a glancing blow from or on the side, especially of a motor vehicle. ► VERB chiefly N. Amer. ▪ strike with a glancing blow …
49stricture — ► NOUN 1) a rule restricting behaviour or action. 2) a sternly critical remark. 3) Medicine abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body: a colonic stricture …
50Priss, Miss — A nonce name that occurs in War Brides, by Lois Battle. It is addressed to his sixteen year old daughter by an Australian father. She has just made a critical remark about him, and he is presumably implying that she is prissy, primly… …
