Disapprobation
[dɪs,æprə'beɪʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(noun.) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; 'his uncompromising condemnation of racism'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dislike, displeasure, censure, disapproval.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See APPROBATION]
Editor: Olivia
Definition
n. censure: dislike.—adjs. Disap′probātive Disap′probātry.
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Examples
- Will Ladislaw was delightfully agreeable at dinner the next day, and gave no opportunity for Mr. Casaubon to show disapprobation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In return for this speech I got--what, it must be supposed, I deserved--a look of surprise: I thought also of some disapprobation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This proposal was received with the utmost disapprobation by the whole board. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- And the hired footman came, with a silent step of cold servant-like disapprobation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is his approbation that produces pride; and disapprobation, humility. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Disapprobation, I fear. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I have declared my disapprobation of their systems; and can I be surprized, if they should express a hatred of mine and of my person? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I do not wonder at your disapprobation, upon my word. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He was induced to look with extreme disapprobation, and at last with distaste, on my father's imprudence and follies. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You must know that though I should be exceedingly grieved at their disapprobation, I could not hesitate. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Their mother had no objection to the plan, and they were not in the least afraid of their father's disapprobation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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