disapprove
verb (used with object)
to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
disapprover
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a word derived from
disapprove.
Example Sentences
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And so from every point of view, whether of pleasure, honour, or advantage, the approver of justice is right and speaks the truth, and the disapprover is wrong and false and ignorant?
From The Republic by Benjamin Jowett
And so from every point of view, whether of pleasure, honour, or advantage, the approver of justice is right and speaks the truth, and the disapprover is wrong and false and ignorant.
From The Republic by Benjamin Jowett
He doesn't hold with anything, Cousin Emily; he's a general disapprover.
From Non-combatants and Others by Dame Rose Macaulay
I do not wish to pose either as a humbugging approver or as a sulky disapprover.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
There was something about this kindness of her old disapprover which touched her deeply, and moved her to weakness more than had the sight of her recreant love with another girl.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
