Synonyms for Stricture

Synonyms for "stricture" (168 found)

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Noun(2 words)

abbreviationadverse criticismanathema animadversion arraignment arrest arrestation arrestment aspersion astriction astringency backbitingbad noticesbad pressblame blockade blockage blocking bottleneck calumny

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captiousness carping castigation cavil caviling censoriousness censure cervix check circumscription cloggingclosing up

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holdback holduphome thrusthostile criticismhourglasshourglass figurehypercriticalness hypercriticism impeachment impediment imputation indictment inhibition interdiction interference interruption isthmus knitting knock let

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naggingnarrow placenarrowing neck negativism niggle niggling nitnit pickingnit-pickingnuisance valueobloquy obstruction obstructionism occlusion opposition overcriticalness pestering pettifogging pillorying priggishness puckering pursing quibble quibbling rap reduction reflection reprehension repression reproachfulness reprobation resistance restraint restriction retardation retardment setback shorteningskinning aliveslam slur snag solidification squeeze stint stranglehold stranglement strangulation strict striction suppression swipe systoletaking exceptiontaper tapering trichoschistismwasp waistwrinkling

Noun(4 words)

limitation narrowing rebuke restriction

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More general

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anatomical abnormalitycriticism pathology restrictionunfavorable judgment

More specific

6 entries

curbesophageal stenosisharsh rebukelimitsevere censureurethral stricture

Collocations

6 entries

arterial strictureesophageal stricturemedical stricturemoral stricturenarrowing strictureurethral stricture

Inflections

1 entries

strictures

Sample sentences

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To his eyes it had no attraction; it savoured of simony, and was likely to bring down upon him harder and more deserved strictures than any he had yet received: he positively declined to become vicar of Puddingdale under any circumstances.

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1931 Edgar Wallace: Again Sanders "That is a matter for you to discuss with the Government," said Sanders, in his iciest tone. "I am only authorized to collect twenty-eight thousand. I will note your strictures and report them to Whitehall." "I'm passing no strictures said the Major, hastily. He had been warned against Sanders...

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Even venerable print publications seem to accept that old strictures no longer apply when they move online.

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I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.

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Stricture