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disapproving |
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disapproving adjective critical, discouraging, frowning, disparaging, censorious, reproachful, deprecatory, condemnatory, denunciatory, disapprobatory She gave him a disapproving look. encouraging, approving, commendatory, approbatory Translations disapproving adj look, glance, person → missbilligend; to make disapproving noises → sein Missfallen zum Ausdruck bringen; to be disapproving of somebody/something → jdn/etw missbilligen disapproving [ˌdɪsəˈpruːvɪŋ] adj → di disapprovazione disapproving [ˌdɪsəˈpruːvɪŋ] adj → di disapprovazione How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He answered the staff captain's question by a disapproving shake of his head. The lowest, cruelest, and worst populace of a city, never without its quantity of low, cruel, and bad, were the directing spirits of the scene: noisily commenting, applauding, disapproving, anticipating, and precipitating the result, without a check. Felicity was very hard on her, and Aunt Janet was coldly disapproving, but sweet Cecily forgave her unreservedly, and they walked to the school that night with their arms about each other's waists as usual. |
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