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disapproval
[ dis-uh-proo-vuhl ]
noun
- the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure:
stern disapproval.
Synonyms: condemnation, dislike, disapprobation
disapproval
/ ˌdɪsəˈpruːvəl /
noun
- the act or a state or feeling of disapproving; censure; condemnation
Other Words From
- self-disap·proval noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of disapproval1
Example Sentences
I would conjecture that 90% of ad disapprovals occur from honest advertisers who don't even realize one of their products is prohibited or there is an issue on the site.
Under this formative cloud of disapproval and a lifetime of pressure to conform to entrenched standards of beauty and behavior, Roosevelt evolved into a fierce, politically savvy intellectual.
In reaction to the recent arrests, prominent human rights groups have expressed their disapproval of LGBTQ human rights abuses in Ghana.
Either way, the community the sneaker drew its inspiration from was excluded from a chance to buy it, incurring the disapproval of some in South Africa.
Complicating matters further is the fact that a disapproval resolution like Sanders’s, though privileged, remains in the purview of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for up to 10 days.
While critics felt the season was inspired, some fans voiced their disapproval.
Mustering a coalition of disapproval for the World Cup should be much easier than it would be for an Olympiad.
That unexpected rejection of gender equality within the church won negative headlines and widespread disapproval in Britain.
Hardline media have roared their disapproval and prominent conservative politicians have joined in.
Even the individual mandate elicits just narrow disapproval, 51% to 47%.
Its culture however was looked upon with the same disapproval by Charles II.
Gwynne's disapproval vanished as he shook hands with the blooming young matron and met her bright laughing eyes.
This canto never would have converted Boileau from his disapproval of the "merveilleux chrétien."
Disapproval has been expressed of many of the broadcast serials and suggestive love songs.
Somehow Harvey seemed, those days, to present a constant figure of disapproval.
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