disapprobation

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
25
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/dɪsˌæpɹəˈbeɪʃən/ (UK)

Definition of disapprobation

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
    “Though a gentle Sigh which ſtole from the Boſom of Nancy, ſeemed to argue ſome ſecret Diſapprobation of theſe Sentiments, ſhe did not dare openly to oppoſe them.”
    “Elizabeth would wonder, and probably would blame her; and though her resolution was not to be shaken, her feelings must be hurt by such disapprobation.”
    “Believe me, I have no warmer sentiment to bestow; and even if I had I could not indulge it, since it would meet with the decided disapprobation of my family, and never could I bring myself to act in opposition to them.”
    “And not only these acts, but the dispositions which lead to them, are properly immoral, and fit subjects of disapprobation which may rise to abhorrence.”
    “No one seems to think so, however. Yet they view my arrival with a knapsack on my back with cold disapprobation, as unseemly as if I had arrived riding on a pig. I ought to be in a carriage, and the knapsack ought to be a new suitcase.”

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Etymology

From dis- + approbation.

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