disapprobation

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Bad as this Play is, yet will the Author have the Profits of his Three Nights: Few on the First Night having either Taste or Spirit to express their Disapprobation.

From Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch by Dempster, George

Disapprobation or ridicule, from our sensitiveness on this head, causes shyness and blushing much more readily than does approbation; though the latter with some persons is highly efficient.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles

Disapprobation hurt me, I found—even that of people whom I did not admire.

From My Antonia by Cather, Willa Sibert

Our judgment of actions as right or wrong is accompanied by certain Affections or Sentiments, named Approbation and Disapprobation, Indignation and Esteem; these are the Moral Sentiments.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

Disapprobation and ominous sounds greeted him as he came down from the platform.

From The Malady of the Century by Nordau, Max Simon