Definition of 'disapproval'
uncountable noun
pragmatics note: disapprovalIn this dictionary, the label disapproval indicates that you use the word or expression to show that you dislike the person
or thing you are talking about. An example of a word with this label is infantile.If you feel or show disapproval of something or someone, you feel or show that you do not approve of them.
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disapproval in British English
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the act or a state or feeling of disapproving; censure; condemnation
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disapproval in American English
(ˌdɪsəˈpruːvəl)
noun
SYNONYMS disapprobation, dislike, condemnation.Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019
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British English: disapproval
NOUN /ˌdɪsəˈpruːvəl/
If you feel or show disapproval of something or someone, you feel or show that you do not approve of them.
His action had been greeted with almost universal disapproval.
- American English: disapproval /dɪsəˈpruvəl/
- Brazilian Portuguese: desaprovação
- Chinese: 不赞成
- European Spanish: desaprobación
- French: désapprobation
- German: Missbilligung
- Italian: disapprovazione
- Japanese: 不可とすること
- Korean: 탐탁지 않음
- European Portuguese: desaprovação
- Latin American Spanish: desaprobación
- Thai: การไม่ยอมรับ
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