Word Meanings - STRICTURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. Arbuthnot. (more info) 1. Strictness. A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak. 2. A stroke; a glance;

Additional info about word: STRICTURE

A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. Arbuthnot. (more info) 1. Strictness. A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak. 2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. Sir M. Hale. 3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure. given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage. Hammond.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STRICTURE)

• Censure
• Blame
• stricture
• reproach
• reprobate
• inculpate
• reprove
• condemn
• reprehend
• chide
• berate
• scold
• upbraid
• disapproval
• remonstrance
• rebuke
• reprimand
• dispiaise

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STRICTURE)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Sanction

Related words: (words related to STRICTURE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CHIDESTER
  A female scold.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• CHIDER
  One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
• REPREHENDER
  One who reprehends.
• CONDEMNER
  One who condemns or censures.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• BLAMER
  One who blames. Wyclif.
• COMMENDATARY
  One who holds a living in commendam.
• APPROVEMENT
  a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now
• STRICTURED
  Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
• APPROVE
  approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• PRECONDEMN
  To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion, n.