disapprove
verb (used with object)
to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
was disapproving
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past progressiveof disapprove.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"If they continue on this path ... they will end up with a broken country that is isolated," Hague said, noting that even longtime ally China was disapproving of North Korea's actions.
From Reuters ● Apr. 10, 2013
The U.S. was disapproving, and McNamara himself made a speech deploring the "proliferation" of nuclear powers and vowing he would have no part of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The English SOE agent who was being dropped off that night was disapproving.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Her face was pinched and her expression was disapproving.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
The very set of her shoulders as she sailed away toward home was disapproving.
From Cloudy Jewel by Grace Livingston Hill
