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Definition of Counterblast
1. Noun. A vigorous and unrestrained response. "Her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband"
Definition of Counterblast
1. Noun. A work that strongly refutes or criticises another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterblast
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterblast
Literary usage of Counterblast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"James prided himself on his theological and dialectic abilities as much as on
his " kingcraft," and with more reason. The " counterblast ..."
2. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1900)
"... in spite of the bull of Pope Urban VIII. and King James's " counterblast to
Tobacco." Every one will remember how that royal author characterized ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"... ye'll mind on the bield o' the law, When the miine was shinin' clearly.
THE counterblast IRONICAL It's strange that God should fash to frame The ..."
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