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
After an Anthropic employee inquired with Palantir about Claude’s role in the raid, a Palantir senior executive, who was alarmed by Anthropic’s seeming disapproval, notified the Pentagon, Semafor reported earlier.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
My mother has already expressed her disapproval of me bringing home anyone around her age.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
McKee's 59-point net disapproval is down from a net 51-point disapproval in November and lower than any point in 2025 or 2024.
—Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Montanaro notes this disapproval rating is the highest Trump has faced in this poll across both his terms.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for disapproval
Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
My mother has already expressed her disapproval of me bringing home anyone around her age.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
McKee's 59-point net disapproval is down from a net 51-point disapproval in November and lower than any point in 2025 or 2024.
—Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Montanaro notes this disapproval rating is the highest Trump has faced in this poll across both his terms.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for disapproval
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disapproval
Noun
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To be fair, vocal figures in the president’s MAGA base have expressed their displeasure with his foreign policy in the past only to come back into the fold, where many of his rank-and-file supporters remained.—
Toluse Olorunnipa,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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The president had signaled Friday that an attack could happen soon, expressing displeasure over nuclear talks with Tehran.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Cole dislikes when stairs are carpeted or when the runner extends to the baluster and the wall.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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This explanation is the consensus view, but a broader dislike for Jane Street among some in the crypto and financial world may be fueling claims the firm was complicit in the demise of Terraform Labs.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Be willing to listen to criticism.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Traders landing six-figure payouts associated with the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the death of Iran's supreme leader drew criticism from lawmakers in Washington and critics of the apps.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
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International law experts say targeting civilians violates armed conflict regulations, drawing condemnation from the UN and human rights groups.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Sunni imams issued fatwas, legal condemnations by Islamic religious leaders, against us infidels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The lions roared, and disapprobation was their message.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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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
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“Disapproval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disapproval. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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