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approbatory

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of approbatory

expressing approval

the candidate's views on taxes received overwhelmingly approbatory nods from the conservative audience

Synonyms of approbatory

admiring, applauding, appreciative, approving, commendatory, complimentary, favorable, friendly, good, positive

Words Related to approbatory

accepting, warm

encomiastic, eulogistic, flattering, hagiographic (also hagiographical), laudative, laudatory, panegyrical, praiseful

respectful, supportive, sympathetic

adoring, adulatory, idolizing, worshipful, worshipping (also worshiping)

advisory, recommendatory

Near Antonyms of approbatory

captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), censuring, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical

belittling, contemptuous, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting

Antonyms of approbatory

adverse, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, disapproving, inappreciative, negative, unappreciative, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unflattering, unfriendly

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