Disapprove
verb
To not agree with something or someone because you believe it is wrong, bad, or unacceptable.
Her parents disapprove of her behavior.
Often appears as...
- disapprove of behavior
- disapprove strongly
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To not agree with something or someone because you believe it is wrong, bad, or unacceptable.
Her parents disapprove of her behavior.
Often appears as...
- disapprove of behavior
- disapprove strongly
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Common in informal conversations, often to express personal opinions on social behavior or choices.
I really disapprove of people texting during family dinners.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries an emotional charge, suggesting disappointment or a moral judgment.
She disapproved of his decision, her face clouded with concern.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Expectations
Often used when behaviors or actions don't meet implicit social, cultural or personal standards.
The teacher disapproved of students arriving late to class.
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Common in informal conversations, often to express personal opinions on social behavior or choices.
I really disapprove of people texting during family dinners.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries an emotional charge, suggesting disappointment or a moral judgment.
She disapproved of his decision, her face clouded with concern.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Expectations
Often used when behaviors or actions don't meet implicit social, cultural or personal standards.
The teacher disapproved of students arriving late to class.
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Common in informal conversations, often to express personal opinions on social behavior or choices.
I really disapprove of people texting during family dinners.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries an emotional charge, suggesting disappointment or a moral judgment.
She disapproved of his decision, her face clouded with concern.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Expectations
Often used when behaviors or actions don't meet implicit social, cultural or personal standards.
The teacher disapproved of students arriving late to class.
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Video examples
Why we need to talk...
it's the shame, it's the embarrassment, it's the disapproving look on a friend's face, it's the whispers in the hallway that you're weak, it's the comments that you're crazy. That's what keeps you from getting help. That's what makes you hold it in and hide it. It's the stigma. So you hold it in and you hide it,
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When do kids start to...
Either way, the fact that we all chose to wear business casual clothing, as opposed to our favorite pair of sweatpants, is not a silly coincidence. Instead, it reveals two defining human characteristics. The first is that we are cognizant of what other people value, like what they will approve or disapprove of,
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Exorcism PIPE National...
the boy he says the church disapproves of his work because he's not a priest unless outside we go what can I say to people that's happy in their age a double let's say this is taboo you don't find it I'm finding out that is your opinion he got got a deleted I honor and respect you you know I'm only doing this
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Practical Alchemy in the...
mate don't let me do a close-up of the disapprove like Tim this time when you out okay that's boiling water yeah it's and gentlemen boiling water now this time Tim when I do it follow the water yeah yeah we'll scare it that way they because the steam will go that way not
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History vs. Che Guevara...
that brought the world to the brink of destruction. He was a leader, not a bureaucrat. That's why he eventually left to spread the revolution abroad. Which didn't go well. He failed to rally rebels in the Congo and went to Bolivia even when the Soviets disapproved.
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Do kids think of sperm...
Underlying was a fear that their children might disapprove and would reject the non-genetic parent. And that fear is understandable, because we live in a very heteronormative and geneticized society -- a world that still believes
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Khadijah Tribble: How...
I introduced myself and I said, "When I grow up, I'm going to be a thinker." There was some laughter, some giggles, but it was really the disapproving look on the teacher's face that made me recant. And so I said really quickly,
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Exorcism PIPE National...
but car among still believes he saved the boy he says the church disapproves of his work because he's not a priest what can I say to people let's say this is taboo that is your opinion honor and respect I'm only doing this to
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Ugly History: Witch...
His first, in the town of Innsbruck, didn’t gain much traction with the local authorities, who disapproved of his harsh questioning of respectable citizens and shut down his trials.
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The evolution of animal...
so that when the male inflates his long, counterclockwise coiled penis into her, and she disapproves, all she needs to do is flex her vaginal muscles and the penis just flubs out.
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Why we need to talk...
it's the shame, it's the embarrassment, it's the disapproving look on a friend's face, it's the whispers in the hallway that you're weak, it's the comments that you're crazy. That's what keeps you from getting help. That's what makes you hold it in and hide it. It's the stigma. So you hold it in and you hide it,
Video examples
When do kids start to...
Either way, the fact that we all chose to wear business casual clothing, as opposed to our favorite pair of sweatpants, is not a silly coincidence. Instead, it reveals two defining human characteristics. The first is that we are cognizant of what other people value, like what they will approve or disapprove of,
Video examples
Exorcism PIPE National...
the boy he says the church disapproves of his work because he's not a priest unless outside we go what can I say to people that's happy in their age a double let's say this is taboo you don't find it I'm finding out that is your opinion he got got a deleted I honor and respect you you know I'm only doing this
Video examples
Practical Alchemy in the...
mate don't let me do a close-up of the disapprove like Tim this time when you out okay that's boiling water yeah it's and gentlemen boiling water now this time Tim when I do it follow the water yeah yeah we'll scare it that way they because the steam will go that way not
Video examples
History vs. Che Guevara...
that brought the world to the brink of destruction. He was a leader, not a bureaucrat. That's why he eventually left to spread the revolution abroad. Which didn't go well. He failed to rally rebels in the Congo and went to Bolivia even when the Soviets disapproved.
Video examples
Do kids think of sperm...
Underlying was a fear that their children might disapprove and would reject the non-genetic parent. And that fear is understandable, because we live in a very heteronormative and geneticized society -- a world that still believes
Video examples
Khadijah Tribble: How...
I introduced myself and I said, "When I grow up, I'm going to be a thinker." There was some laughter, some giggles, but it was really the disapproving look on the teacher's face that made me recant. And so I said really quickly,
Video examples
Exorcism PIPE National...
but car among still believes he saved the boy he says the church disapproves of his work because he's not a priest what can I say to people let's say this is taboo that is your opinion honor and respect I'm only doing this to
Video examples
Ugly History: Witch...
His first, in the town of Innsbruck, didn’t gain much traction with the local authorities, who disapproved of his harsh questioning of respectable citizens and shut down his trials.
Video examples
The evolution of animal...
so that when the male inflates his long, counterclockwise coiled penis into her, and she disapproves, all she needs to do is flex her vaginal muscles and the penis just flubs out.
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Quote examples
Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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George Orwell
British Author
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view.
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David Dellinger
Hemingway was a big influence - 'A Farewell to Arms,' though I disapproved of the later Hemingway.
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Craig Brown
English Critic
By and large, the artistic establishment disapproved of Margaret Thatcher.
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Marie Antoinette
French Royalty
I should be very sorry if the Germans disapproved of me.
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Rebel Wilson
Australian Actress
Sometimes my mum is very disapproving of my comedy.
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Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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George Orwell
British Author
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.
Quote examples
Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view.
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David Dellinger
Hemingway was a big influence - 'A Farewell to Arms,' though I disapproved of the later Hemingway.
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Craig Brown
English Critic
By and large, the artistic establishment disapproved of Margaret Thatcher.
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Marie Antoinette
French Royalty
I should be very sorry if the Germans disapproved of me.
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Rebel Wilson
Australian Actress
Sometimes my mum is very disapproving of my comedy.
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