DIS APPROVAL Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

disapproval

noun

ˌdis-ə-ˈprü-vəl

Definition of disapproval

as in displeasure

refusal to accept as right or desirable thus far, every one of her choices for college has met with her parents' disapproval

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Recent Examples of disapproval The committee earlier this month recommended censure, which registers the House’s deep disapproval of a lawmaker’s conduct that doesn’t meet the threshold for expulsion. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Foulkes faces disapproval from 46% of voters regarding her handling of the opioid crisis as a CVS executive. — Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 26 Aug. 2026 Sheinbaum, writing on X early Saturday, expressed her disapproval of Rocha Moya’s decision to return as governor of northwestern state. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Among the older 50+ group, that negative rating stood at slimer margins, with a 47% approval rating compared to 51% disapproval. — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disapproval

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disapproval

Noun

Still, McGovern made his displeasure with Gluesenkamp Perez abundantly clear.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Fans are likely to voice their displeasure and several prominent supporters’ groups have already spoken out about the summer business.

— Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of displeasure

Noun

Reddit study participants didn’t hold back on sharing their dislike for the all-beige trend.

— Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026
Prinstein, who was set to testify at the trial on Monday, says that constant notifications about likes and dislikes don't suit the developing pre-teen and teen brain.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dislike

Noun

Vucic has pushed hard against the protesters as the government faced international criticism over police violence and arbitrary detentions of demonstrators.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
His political interests would be served if Republicans were to stop attacking Carlson and if Carlson were to tone down his criticism of the GOP.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticism

Noun

That drew condemnation in the volatile region that remains ethnically divided more than three decades after the war, which started when Bosnia's Serbs took control over swaths of the country's territory to form their own state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Police shot at an unarmed crowd protesting apartheid pass laws on March 21, 1960, and drew international condemnation.

— Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of condemnation

Noun

These cases involved monumental pieces of wrongdoing, yet the Justice Department and the federal courts allowed the New York chump-change cases against Trump—built on far smaller frauds—to get all the attention—and ultimately—the disapprobation.

— Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
In a 2018 episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld and Mulaney go rug shopping, supposedly at Tendler’s instruction, and Seinfeld’s disapprobation at being sent on an errand by someone’s wife cuts through the segment.

— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024