Word Meanings - DISAPPROVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline

Additional info about word: DISAPPROVE

1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief. Note: This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See Approve.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISAPPROVE)

• Blame
• Censure
• chide
• rebuke
• reproach
• vituperate
• dispraise
• disapprove
• condemn
• reprehend
• reprobate
• reprove
• Object to Oppose
• contravene
• obstruct
• defer to
• except to
• gainsay

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISAPPROVE)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Sanction

Related words: (words related to DISAPPROVE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• EXCEPT
  1. To take or leave out from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To object to; to protest against. Shak.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CHIDESTER
  A female scold.
• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• CONTRAVENE
  1. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat. So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be contravened. Southey. 2. To violate; to nullify; to
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• OBJECTIST
  One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
• GAINSAY
  To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,
• CHIDER
  One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
• EXCEPTIONER
  One who takes exceptions or makes objections. Milton.
• OBJECT
  before, to oppose; ob + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See 1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Some strong
• REPREHENDER
  One who reprehends.
• CONDEMNER
  One who condemns or censures.
• OBJECTIVATE
  To objectify.
• GAINSAYER
  One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• PRECONDEMN
  To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion, n.
• AGAINSAY
  To gainsay. Wyclif.