| NOUN | feeling | disapproval | a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | disapproval | the expression of disapproval | |
| cognition | disapproval, disfavor, disfavour, dislike | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | |
| act | disapproval | the act of disapproving or condemning |
| Sounds | dihsahpruw'vahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | dislike | A feeling of aversion or antipathy |
| Opposite | approval | A feeling of liking something or someone good |
| Verbs | disapprove | consider bad / bad or wrong |
| Meaning | The expression of disapproval. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | criticism, unfavorable judgment | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings |
| disapprobation, condemnation | An expression of strong disapproval | |
| discouragement | The expression of opposition and disapproval | |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
| Opposite | approval, commendation | A message expressing a favorable opinion |
| Spanish | censura, condena, desaprobación, rechazo | |
| Catalan | desaprovació | |
| Meaning | An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | disfavor, disfavour, dislike | |
| Narrower | doghouse | An idiomatic term for being in disfavor |
| reprobation | severe disapproval | |
| Broader | inclination, disposition, tendency | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
| Spanish | desaprobación | |
| Catalan | desaprovació | |
| Meaning | The act of disapproving or condemning. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | condemnation | (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging / judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building) |
| disparagement, dispraise | The act of speaking contemptuously of | |
| stigmatization, stigmatisation, branding | The act of stigmatizing / stigmatizing | |
| Broader | judgment, judgement, assessment | The act of judging / judging / judging or assessing a person or situation or event |
| Opposite | blessing, approval, approving | The formal act of approving |
| Spanish | desaprobación | |
| Catalan | desaprovació | |
| Verbs | disapprove | deem wrong or inappropriate |
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