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All disapprove synonyms

disΒ·apΒ·prove
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verb disapprove

  • veto β€” the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  • denounce β€” If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
  • decry β€” If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
  • oppose β€” to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • reject β€” to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • dislike β€” to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
  • deplore β€” If you say that you deplore something, you think it is very wrong or immoral.
  • discountenance β€” to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
  • slam β€” the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
  • reprove β€” to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
  • reprehend β€” to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
  • damn β€” Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
  • pan β€” an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
  • reprobate β€” a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
  • dismiss β€” to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
  • censure β€” If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
  • disallow β€” to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
  • blame β€” If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
  • nix β€” nothing.
  • spurn β€” to reject with disdain; scorn.
  • disesteem β€” to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
  • detract β€” If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
  • disfavor β€” unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • refuse β€” to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • criticize β€” If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
  • deprecate β€” If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
  • chastise β€” If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
  • remonstrate β€” to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
  • condemn β€” If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
  • criticise β€” criticize
  • object β€” anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
  • disfavour β€” unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • negate β€” to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • deny β€” When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • throw out β€” to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • look down on β€” to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • turn down β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • zing β€” vitality, animation, or zest.
  • discommend β€” to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
  • dispraise β€” to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
  • frown on β€” to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
  • pass on β€” to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • set aside β€” the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
  • take exception to β€” object to sth
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