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disapproving

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verb

present participle of disapprove
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disapproving
Adjective
  • Befriending Cressida Cowper is a respectable exercise in recognizing biases, but the pair’s interactions are as disagreeable as those bangs.
    Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024
  • If Alex has a bit more credibility, not being as intractable in her positions, both have a tendency to come off as disagreeable in their incessant bickering and self-righteousness.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • If an extended trade war with China leads to higher prices and shortages of key goods for Americans, an angry public could throw out some Republicans, handing control of the House and even possibly the Senate to Democrats.
    Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
  • Democrats were particularly angry about a last-minute Republican amendment that allowed the sale of huge chunks of public land in Nevada and Utah.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • As Magazine Dreams progresses, Maddox descends further into his antisocial tendencies and grows more destructive.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Stanley Hudson, Angela Martin, and Karen Filippelli As far as being antisocial is concerned, Stanley Hudson takes the cake.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Sometimes there's also a lack of support—if partners or family members don’t share the mental load, new moms can feel isolated, unappreciated, or resentful, worsening feelings of depression.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 1 May 2025
  • Lesser powers that find themselves under the dominion of a great power against their wishes can be resentful and rebellious.
    Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Dan, who secured 20.89% in the first round, was a distant second.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2025
  • Its Dragonfly mission will launch in July 2028 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and reach the distant moon in 2034.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • After a year of intense efforts, we are baffled and indignant.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 May 2025
  • Before the arrest, some indignant residents took to social media to speculate about a possible motive — alleging without proof that unscrupulous developers or even the city itself may have orchestrated the acts.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • According to Mike White logic, the greatest sin isn’t being a mess but wasting your energy in denying rather than dealing.
    Joe Joyce, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
  • After first denying the nonprofit’s request for more time, the state agency in January extended the timeline to allow for construction to complete in October 2026.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Welker’s belligerent attitude set the tone for the interview.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
  • There was a woman who’d fallen asleep in her car, a belligerent guy with a dog, a Range Rover driving the wrong way.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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“Disapproving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disapproving. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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