Disapprobation

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  • noun. Moral disapproval; condemnation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling or utterance; disapproval; censure, expressed or unexpressed.
  • noun. Synonyms Disapprobation and Disapproval show the same difference as approbation and approval. See approbation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
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  • noun. an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
    • Word Usage
    "Here the witness paused with every appearance of looking for some token of disapprobation from the crowd."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    approbation  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disapproval  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    animadversion  censure  demonisation  demonization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abhorrence  animadversion  approbation  assent  chagrin  
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