Disapprove
[dɪsə'pruːv] or ['dɪsə'prʊv]
Definition
(verb.) consider bad or wrong.
(verb.) deem wrong or inappropriate; 'I disapprove of her child rearing methods'.
Editor: Ozzie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others.
(v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.
Typist: Ursula
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1].Dislike, condemn, censure, regard as wrong.[2].Reject, disallow, refuse or decline to sanction.
Checker: Trent
Definition
v.t. to give an unfavourable opinion of to regard as bad or blameworthy (usually followed with of): to reject.—n. Disapprov′al.—adv. Disapprov′ingly.
Checker: Sumner
Examples
- I entirely disapprove of your doing anything for him, my dear sir, which is not dependent on his own exertions and good conduct. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I cannot agree with you; I am convinced that my father would totally disapprove it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I knew well that Halleck's caution would lead him to disapprove of this course; but it was the only one that gave any chance of success. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But I think girls ought to show when they disapprove of young men, and how can they do it except by their manners? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Those, who have an interest in the fidelity of women, naturally disapprove of their infidelity, and all the approaches to it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He had merely to rise and say, I disapprove, and the matter dropped. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the doorstep he stood still, remembering a phrase of Lily's: It seems to me you spend a good deal of time in the element you disapprove of. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My uncle disapproved it all so entirely when he did arrive, that in my opinion everything had gone quite far enough. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Without any aid--even opposed or disapproved by you--I believe I should have acted precisely as I now intend to act, but in another spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The author's discourse disapproved by his master. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Pleasant with a grave look shook her head; importing that she understood the process, but decidedly disapproved. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But every one around her disapproved. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- What, in the name of common law and common sense, would you or could you do if my pleasure led me to a choice you disapproved? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yet automatically she stiffened herself away, and disapproved. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He is too constantly tempted to call a policeman when he disapproves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She never _will_ behave like a young lady, sighed Meg, as she watched the race with a disapproving face. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You're too milk and watery with our friend, you are indeed,' remonstrated Silas, with a disapproving shake of his wooden head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You are making a most disgraceful connection, and such a one as your family are unanimous in disapproving. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Editor: Megan