disapproval

disapproval

noun

Definition of DISAPPROVAL

refusal to accept as right or desirable <thus far, every one of her boyfriends has met with her parents' disapproval>

Synonyms deprecation, disapprobation, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, displeasure

Related Words disrelish, distaste; rejection, thumbs-down; blame, censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, dispraise, opprobrium, reprehension, reproach, reprobation; antagonism, antipathy, hostility; belittlement, disparagement, objection, opposition

Near Antonyms acclaim, commendation, praise; endorsement (also indorsement), sanction, thumbs-up; empathy, sympathy

Antonyms approbation, approval, favor