[
US
/dɪsəˈpɹuvəɫ/
]
[ UK /dˌɪsɐpɹˈuːvəl/ ]
[ UK /dˌɪsɐpɹˈuːvəl/ ]
NOUN
- a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
- the expression of disapproval
- an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
- the act of disapproving or condemning
How To Use disapproval In A Sentence
- ‘If lying is wrong, then he will lie,’ has an antecedent whose embedded content is the same as a statement predicating the property on which the speakers moral disapproval supervenes.
- The chorus of disapproval is as diverse as the new law is excluding. Times, Sunday Times
- The first is dysphemism, the deliberate use of an offensive word to indicate disapproval. Times, Sunday Times
- I had just published my autobiography, which met with universal disapproval. Times, Sunday Times
- And in this scrutiny and disapproval my issues with class and otherness have resurfaced, again in relation to an academic environment.
- She often used the term pedal or pedalo-French slang for a homosexual-draping it with condescension, pity, and disapproval. Jezebel
- As I tucked into this steaming Bunter-sized platter out on the darkening waters, I swear I heard the seals give a loud bark of disapproval.
- Both the speaker and his speech were drowned out by the disapproval of the crowd.
- Both the speaker and his speech were drowned out by the disapproval of the crowd.
- His childhood sounds like a nightmare of bigotry and parental disapproval. Times, Sunday Times