All 3 Uses of
censure
in
Bleak House
- With that apology I withdrew to a seat between Peepy (who, being well used to it, had already climbed into a corner place) and an old lady of a censorious countenance whose two nieces were in the class and who was very indignant with Peepy's boots.†
Chpt 13-15
- "And he never does anything else," said the old lady of the censorious countenance.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- I felt a liking for him and a compassion for him as he put his little kit in his pocket—and with it his desire to stay a little while with Caddy—and went away good-humouredly to his cold mutton and his school at Kensington, that made me scarcely less irate with his father than the censorious old lady.†
Chpt 13-15
Definition:
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(censure) harsh criticism; or formal criticism from an organization -- such as the U.S. Senate