All disapprove synonyms
disΒ·apΒ·prove
D d 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