Meanings
plural disapprovals
- countableuncountableThe act of disapproving; condemnation.
Everyone glared in disapproval at the man talking loudly on the phone.
Synonyms: censure, dispraise, disapprobation, attainder, attainture, attaintment, blame, censure · Antonyms: approval, encouragement, accedence, accession, allowance, approbation, approval, assent
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of disapproving; condemnation.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian неодобрение, порицание
- неодобрение (neodobrenie)disapproval
- порицание (poricanie)disapproval
Catalan desaprovació
- desaprovaciódisapproval
Dutch afkeuring
- afkeuringdisapproval
Esperanto malaprobo
- malaprobodisapproval
Finnish vastustus
- vastustusdisapproval
French désapprobation
- désapprobationdisapproval
German Missbilligung
- Missbilligungdisapproval
Greek αποδοκιμασία
- αποδοκιμασία (apodokimasía)disapproval
Hungarian helytelenítés, rosszallás
- helytelenítésdisapproval
- rosszallásdisapproval
Italian disapprovazione
- disapprovazionedisapproval
Latin improbātiō
- improbātiōdisapproval
Māori kirikiriā
- kirikiriādisapproval
Polish dezaprobata
- dezaprobatadisapproval
Romanian dezaprobare
- dezaprobaredisapproval
Russian неодобре́ние
- неодобре́ние (neodobrénije)disapproval
Spanish desaprobación
- desaprobacióndisapproval
Swedish ogillande
- ogillandedisapproval
Ukrainian несхва́лення
- несхва́лення (nesxválennja)disapproval
Cite this entry
disapproval. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapproval
“disapproval.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapproval. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disapproval,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapproval.
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