2. To criticise; to touch upon. [R.] --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
perstringe — verb /pəˈstɹɪn(d)ʒ/ To censure, criticize. I speak not of such as generally tax vice [...], but such as personate, rail, scoff, calumniate, perstringe by name, or in presence offend … Wiktionary
perstringe — per·stringe … English syllables
perstringe — pə(r)ˈstrinj transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin perstringere to bind up, graze, touch upon, censure, from per , intensive prefix + stringere to draw tight, bind, touch upon more at per , strain 1. : to find fault with : cens … Useful english dictionary
Attention — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Attention >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 attention attention Sgm: N 1 mindfulness mindfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 intentness intentness intentiveness Sgm: N 1 alertness alertness Sgm: N 1 thought … English dictionary for students
deprecate — v 1. censure, reproach, impeach, bring to book, call to account, cry down, slate, inveigh against, perstringe, animadvert upon, reprove, recriminate, reprehend, reprobate, pass strictures; denounce, deplore, rail, curse, condemn, anathematize,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
impugn — v 1. malign, gibbet, vilify, vituperate, vilipend, run down, defame, denigrate, scandalize, asperse, impute, insinuate, cast aspersions, speak ill of, speak evil of, backbite, Sl. badmouth, Sl. poor mouth; slander, libel, calumniate, traduce,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
