disapprobatoryadj.
/ˌdɪsaprəˈbeɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈproʊbəˌtɔri/ Characterized by, expressing, or feeling disapprobation; conveying or implying disapproval; (in later use) esp. strongly disapproving.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective]
unfavourable1548
sinistral1560
head-shaking1626
disapproving1661
disapprobatory1751
neg1777
unapproving1787
disapprobative1821
rebukative1863
negative1867
1751 Ld. Kames Ess. Princ. Morality & Nat. Relig. i. ii. 98 Let us only suppose, that man, by nature, had no approbatory or disapprobatory feeling of actions.
1827 Christian Baptist (Va.) 1 Jan. 122 The Bible presents us with a certain description of human nature..either as approbatory or disapprobatory.
1878 F. L. Shaw Castle Blair ii. 48 Mr. Plunkett looked as though he felt somehow vaguely disapprobatory.
1908 Delineator July 110/2 A grim silence, accentuated by the disapprobatory pursing of the lips, continued for several seconds.
1983 Times 7 June 15/5 These people have been called..Inuit..which they have firmly indicated that they prefer to the disapprobatory ‘Eskimo’—‘flesh eaters’.
2007 B. Fowler Obituary as Collective Memory vii. 168 This unmitigatedly disapprobatory obituary has for its prime defence its subject's acknowledged anti-Semitism and racist anti-Serbianism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1751