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
Executions and death sentences remain at near historic lows amid rising disapproval for the death penalty, the unfairness of its application and questions about innocence, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center's (DPIC) year-end report published Thursday.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Megyn Kelly didn't like what Caitlin Clark had to say about her own experience of white privilege in the WNBA, and Clark has already responded to Kelly's disapproval.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
The disapproval is exemplified by a pompous New Yorker interviewed on the street by young fans.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
When the Red Cross denied the women entry to their club and instead opened a segregated club, the battalion collectively refused to enter to express their disapproval.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Megyn Kelly didn't like what Caitlin Clark had to say about her own experience of white privilege in the WNBA, and Clark has already responded to Kelly's disapproval.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
The disapproval is exemplified by a pompous New Yorker interviewed on the street by young fans.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
When the Red Cross denied the women entry to their club and instead opened a segregated club, the battalion collectively refused to enter to express their disapproval.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disapproval
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Such mandates, combined with prominent executives voicing their displeasure with workplace flexibility, have led some to conclude that this will be the year that the work-from-home movement, which began in the early days of the Covid pandemic, will come to an end.Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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All flags at the U.S. Capitol will still be flying at half-staff to honor Carter on Inauguration Day — over which Trump expressed his displeasure in a Truth Social post last week.Luke Chinman, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Isabel almost immediately develops an intense dislike for Eva, a disorderly presence who disrupts the strictly regimented life Isabel has built for herself.Chloe Schama, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
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After openly expressing his dislike of USC’s previous defensive staff, Gentry was a big fan of Entz.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Meta is removing employee criticism over its hiring of UFC CEO Dana White from an internal company messaging system.Makena Kelly, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
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Comments Holker made to PEOPLE in a Jan. 7 interview triggered the wave of criticism.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Global condemnation over the lack of transparency prompted Maduro to ask the country’s high court — also filled with allies of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela — to audit the election results.Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Its military campaign on Syrian soil has drawn increasing international condemnation.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 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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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
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“Disapproval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disapproval. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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