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approving

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of approving

expressing approval

the play did not receive a single approving notice

Synonyms of approving

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

Words Related to approving

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 approving

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

belittling, contemptuous, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting

Antonyms of approving

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

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