Disapprove
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English
Verb
Disapprove (third-person singular simple present disapproves, present participle disapproving, simple past and past participle disapproved)
- To condemn; consider wrong or inappropriate.
- To refuse to approve; reject.
- To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
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Adverbs for Disapprove
distinctly; heartily; obviously; strongly; unmistakably; coldly; emphatically; primly; icily; unanimously; consistently; sternly; wordlessly; harshly; violently; ungraciously; frigidly.
Thesaurus
abjure, attaint, ban, belittle, bespatter, blackball, blacken, blame, blot, blow upon, brand, brush aside, categorically reject, censure, chuck, chuck out, condemn, contemn, contradict, criticize, decline, decry, defame, defile, denounce, deny, deplore, deprecate, depreciate, despise, detract, disallow, disapprove of, discard, disclaim, discommend, discount, discountenance, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, dismiss, disown, disparage, dispraise, disregard, dissent from, except, exclude, expose, expose to infamy, expostulate, forswear, frown, frown at, frown down, frown upon, gibbet, grimace at, hang in effigy, ignore, knock, look askance at, look black upon, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, oppose, ostracize, pass by, pass up, pillory, protest, push aside, put down, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, remonstrate, renounce, repel, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, run down, say no to, scout, shove away, slur, smear, soil, spurn, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, take exception to, tarnish, think ill of, think little of, throw away, throw out, thumb down, turn away, turn down, turn out, view with disfavor, vilify, waive
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- Disapprove in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Disapprove in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Disapprove at OneLook Dictionary Search
