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Disapproval

noun

A feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing.

The expression of disapproval.

An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour, dislike.

The act of disapproving or condemning.

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"Disapproval" Quotes from Famous Books

... in mind, then, too. I found Dick with a cigar-case in his pocket this morning. I don't ask whether you were aware of it, for I do not want to say more about the matter than to express my entire disapproval of my boys ...

— Menhardoc • George Manville Fenn

... people stopping to read it as they passed: "Startling Disclosure. Unexpected Action of the Government." No power on earth could stop that knowledge from spreading now. How it would turn the country upside down—what a fever of conjecture, what storms of disapproval from some, of jubilation from others. What frantic excitement was in store for the few who, with vigilance strained to the utmost, were steering warily through such a storm! Rendel involuntarily stopped and read with ...

— The Arbiter - A Novel • Lady F. E. E. Bell

... afternoon. It could make no difference to them, she had told Magdalen, who shook her head over that well-known phrase, which Colonel Bellairs had long since established as "a household word." Bessie was not to be moved by Magdalen's disapproval, however. She retired to her chamber, donned a certain enamel brooch which she only wore on Sundays, and ...

— Prisoners - Fast Bound In Misery And Iron • Mary Cholmondeley

... swans were making an effort to observe the rules of etiquette, they caught sight of the goosey-gander, who swam last in the long goose-line. Then there was a murmur of disapproval, even of threats, among the swans, and at once there was an end to their ...

— The Wonderful Adventures of Nils • Selma Lagerlof

... he excite in her the interest she was exciting in him? The thought of his possible remoteness from her, pained him and made his heart sink. The noblest characters experience strange sensations of desolation and wretchedness at the thought of disapproval and rejection. Esteem, the testimony of our neighbor's appreciation, the approval of those worth while, these are the things for which we yearn with fondest hopes. To know that we have done well is satisfaction, but to ...

— The Loyalist - A Story of the American Revolution • James Francis Barrett

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