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Antonyms for brickbat
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : brik-bat |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪkˌbæt |
Definition of brickbat
Origin :- mid-16c., piece of brick (half or less) used as a missile, from brick (n.) + bat (n.1). Figurative use, of comments, insults, etc., is from 1640s.
- As in provocation : noun incitement, stimulus
- As in slur : noun insult
- As in taunt : noun provocation; teasing
- As in criticism : noun verbal disapproval
- As in affront : noun an insult
- As in derision : noun insult, disrespect
- As in disapproval : noun condemnation
- As in flak : noun complaint, criticism
- Well, Pat, Jimmy didn't quite kill you with a brickbat, did he?
- Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
- There is no more soul in him than there is in a brickbat, mother.
- Extract from : « Make or Break » by Oliver Optic
- I said, just now, he might be at once outshone by a brickbat.
- Extract from : « Love's Meinie » by John Ruskin
- But he came back with a brickbat and hammered like a blacksmith at the spring.
- Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux
- There isn't a mineral in Louisiana, unless it is a brickbat.
- Extract from : « Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty » by J. W. de Forest
- It was a brickbat, sure, one of Maje Sampson's brickbat boys.
- Extract from : « Held for Orders » by Frank H. Spearman
- I caught him, put him back, and placed a brickbat over the hole.
- Extract from : « Roof and Meadow » by Dallas Lore Sharp
- It was a brickbat “Plug Ugly” fight—the result of animal, and not intellectual or patriotic instincts.
- Extract from : « A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital » by John Beauchamp Jones
- Well, it was a temptation to let something fly, be it Bible or brickbat, at the head of the average dullard.
- Extract from : « Flint » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
- Then came a brickbat, which missed the woman by very little and struck the truck wheel.
- Extract from : « A Child of the Jago » by Arthur Morrison
Synonyms for brickbat
- abuse
- accusation
- affront
- animadversion
- annoyance
- aspersion
- backhanded compliment
- bad press
- bar sinister
- barb
- black eye
- black list
- blackball
- blame
- blast
- blemish
- blot
- blur
- boo
- bothering
- boycott
- brand
- brickbat
- brickbats
- Bronx cheer
- butt
- call down
- calumny
- carping
- castigation
- casus belli
- catcall
- cause
- cavil
- caviling
- censure
- challenge
- comeback
- condemnation
- contempt
- contumely
- crack
- critical remarks
- criticism
- cut
- dare
- defy
- denunciation
- deprecation
- derision
- dig
- dirty deed
- dirty dig
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- discontent
- discredit
- disdain
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dislike
- disparagement
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- dump
- exposé
- fault-finding
- faultfinding
- flak
- gibe
- grabber
- grievance
- grounds
- harassment
- hiss
- hit
- hostility
- incentive
- indignity
- inducement
- injury
- innuendo
- insinuation
- instigation
- insult
- irking
- jab
- jeer
- jest
- joke
- justification
- knock
- laughingstock
- laughter
- left-handed compliment
- mockery
- motivation
- nit-picking
- nix
- object of ridicule
- objection
- obloquy
- odium
- offense
- onus
- opposition
- opprobrium
- ostracism
- outrage
- pan
- panning
- parting shot
- pilgarlic
- provocation
- provoking
- put down
- put-down
- quibble
- raillery
- rap
- rap on knuckles
- reason
- reflection
- reproach
- reproof
- ridicule
- roast
- sarcasm
- satire
- scoffing
- scorn
- slam
- slap
- slap in the face
- slap on wrist
- slight
- slur
- smear
- snappy comeback
- sneering
- stain
- static
- stigma
- stricture
- swipe
- taunt
- thumbs down
- vexation
- vexing
- vitriol
- wrong
- zapper
- zing
- zinger
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