单词 | disapprobative |
释义 | disapprobativeadj. Characterized by or expressing disapprobation; conveying or implying disapproval. Cf. disapprobatory adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] unfavourable1548 sinistral1560 head-shaking1626 disapproving1661 disapprobatory1751 neg1777 unapproving1787 disapprobative1821 rebukative1863 negative1867 1821 Imperial Weekly Gaz. & Westm. Jrnl. 25 Aug. He saw no stones thrown, but ‘Shame!’ cried, and that was a legal disapprobative expression they knew. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 102 Now I look at him with a disgustful and disapprobative eye. 1921 S. Comstock Daughter of Helen Kent xvii. 326 It was always uncomfortable to stand between her friend and her silently disapprobative daughter. 1955 Humboldt Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 29 Mar. 4/5 A gentleman..apparently harbors a disapprobative feeling about my name. 2008 E. T. Lim Anti-Intellectual Presidency ii. 20 Anti-intellectualism is often alloyed to (and easily disguised by) disapprobative attitudes toward elitism, sophistry, effeminacy, and artifice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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