disapproving

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adjective

Expressing or conveying disapproval.

“The word "lazy", when used to describe a person's unwillingness to work, is a disapproving word.”

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censoriousdisapprobatoryreprehensorycondemnatorycondemningdamnatoryimprobatoryreprehensive
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of disapprove
adjectivedisapproving (comparative more disapproving, superlative most disapproving)

comparative more disapproving · superlative most disapproving

  1. Expressing or conveying disapproval.

    The word "lazy", when used to describe a person's unwillingness to work, is a disapproving word.

    Synonyms: censorious, disapprobatory, reprehensory, censorious, condemnatory, condemning, damnatory, disapprobatory

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExpressing or conveying disapproval.

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censoriousdisapprobatoryreprehensorycensoriouscondemnatorycondemningdamnatorydisapprobatoryimprobatoryreprehensivereprehensory

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexpressing or manifesting disapproval

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unfavorableunfavourable
Also see
censoriouscondemnatorycondemningdamnatorydeprecativedisapprobatoryimprobatoryreprehensivereprehensoryunfavourable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

disapproving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapproving

MLA

“disapproving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapproving. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disapproving,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapproving.

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