disapproveverb [ I ]
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpruːv/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpruːv/B2 to feel that something or someone is bad, wrong, etc.:
The survey showed that 32 percent of respondents approve, 54 percent disapprove, and the rest are undecided.
I strongly disapprove of underage drinking.
Opposite
approve
More examples
- I disapprove of all the violence that is shown on television.
- He claims he was forced to leave his job by a group of students who disapproved of his views.
- Sex before marriage is strongly disapproved of in some cultures.
- He always disapproves of any new ideas suggested by anyone below him in the department.
- I didn't suggest that we held the party here, as I knew you would disapprove.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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