Thesaurus / dis-approving
FEEDBACK- as injaundiced
- as insevere
- as incomplaining
- as incensorious
- as indeprecative
- as indeprecatory
- as indepreciative
- as indepreciatory
- as inderogative
- as indetractive
- as inovercritical
- as inresentful
- as incritical
- as indim
- as inhostile
- as inmind
- as inobject
- as inoppose
- as inquarrel
- as inrefuse
- as inregret
- as inremonstrate
- as inrepudiate
- as inscowl
- as inspurn
- as inturn down
- as inveto
- as inblame
- as incensure
- as inmislike
- as insibilate
- as incomplain
- as incondemn
- as indecline
- as indemur
- as indisapprove
- as indiscountenance
- as indislike
- as indiverge
- as inhate
- as inhiss
synonyms for dis-approving
synonyms for dis-approving
- harsh
- relentless
- serious
- strict
- ascetic
- astringent
- austere
- biting
- caustic
- close
- cold
- cruel
- cutting
- despotic
- disapproving
- dour
- earnest
- firm
- flinty
- forbidding
- grave
- grim
- hard
- hard-nosed
- inconsiderate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron-handed
- obdurate
- oppressive
- peremptory
- pitiless
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- rigorous
- satirical
- scathing
- sober
- stern
- stiff
- strait-laced
- stringent
- tight-lipped
- tyrannical
- unalterable
- unbending
- unchanging
- unfeeling
- unrelenting
- unsmiling
- unsparing
- grumbling
- protesting
- whining
- accusing
- bellyaching
- bewailing
- charging
- deploring
- disapproving
- discontented
- dissenting
- fretting
- lamenting
- moaning
- mourning
- murmuring
- regretting
- repining
- weeping
- critical
- malcontent
- peevish
- querulous
- resentful
- accusatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- chiding
- complaining
- condemnatory
- condemning
- critical
- culpatory
- denouncing
- disapproving
- disparaging
- fault-finding
- hypercritical
- overcritical
- reproaching
- severe
- belittling
- critical
- deprecating
- deprecatory
- depreciative
- depreciatory
- derogative
- derogatory
- detractive
- disapproving
- slighting
- uncomplimentary
- belittling
- critical
- deprecating
- deprecative
- depreciative
- depreciatory
- derogative
- derogatory
- detractive
- disapproving
- slighting
- uncomplimentary
- belittling
- critical
- deprecating
- deprecative
- deprecatory
- depreciatory
- derogative
- derogatory
- detractive
- disapproving
- slighting
- uncomplimentary
- belittling
- critical
- deprecating
- deprecative
- deprecatory
- depreciative
- derogative
- derogatory
- detractive
- disapproving
- slighting
- uncomplimentary
- belittling
- critical
- deprecating
- deprecative
- deprecatory
- depreciative
- depreciatory
- derogatory
- detractive
- disapproving
- slighting
- uncomplimentary
- belittling
- critical
- deprecating
- deprecative
- deprecatory
- depreciative
- depreciatory
- derogative
- derogatory
- disapproving
- slighting
- uncomplimentary
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- calumniatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censuring
- choleric
- condemning
- critic
- cutting
- cynical
- demanding
- demeaning
- derogatory
- diagnostic
- disapproving
- discerning
- discriminating
- disparaging
- exacting
- exceptive
- faultfinding
- finicky
- fussy
- hairsplitting
- humbling
- hypercritical
- lowering
- nagging
- niggling
- nit-picking
- particular
- penetrating
- reproachful
- sarcastic
- satirical
- scolding
- severe
- sharp
- trenchant
- withering
- belligerent
- bitter
- hateful
- spiteful
- unsympathetic
- acrimonious
- adverse
- alien
- allergic
- anti
- argumentative
- bellicose
- catty
- chill
- cold
- competitive
- contentious
- contrary
- disapproving
- dour
- embittered
- hard
- ill-disposed
- inhospitable
- inimical
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- militant
- nasty
- opposed
- opposite
- oppugnant
- ornery
- pugnacious
- rancorous
- scrappy
- sour
- surly
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- unkind
- unpropitious
- unsociable
- unwelcoming
- viperous
- virulent
- vitriolic
- warlike
- demanding
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- calumniatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censuring
- choleric
- condemning
- critic
- cutting
- cynical
- demeaning
- derogatory
- diagnostic
- disapproving
- discerning
- discriminating
- disparaging
- exacting
- exceptive
- finicky
- fussy
- hairsplitting
- humbling
- hypercritical
- lowering
- nagging
- niggling
- nit-picking
- overcritical
- particular
- penetrating
- reproachful
- sarcastic
- satirical
- scolding
- severe
- sharp
- trenchant
- withering
- adverse
- belligerent
- bitter
- contentious
- contrary
- hateful
- inhospitable
- inimical
- nasty
- opposed
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- unsympathetic
- alien
- anti
- catty
- chill
- cold
- militant
- opposite
- sour
- allergic
- argumentative
- bellicose
- competitive
- disapproving
- dour
- ill-disposed
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- oppugnant
- ornery
- pugnacious
- rancorous
- scrappy
- spiteful
- surly
- unkind
- unpropitious
- unsociable
- unwelcoming
- viperous
- virulent
- vitriolic
- warlike
- dislike
- resent
- complain
- deplore
- disapprove
- object
- be affronted
- be opposed
- look askance at
- take offense
- balk
- complain
- criticize
- oppose
- protest
- challenge
- crab
- cross
- demur
- deprecate
- disapprove
- disavow
- discountenance
- disesteem
- dispute
- dissent
- except
- expostulate
- frown
- gripe
- grouse
- inveigh
- kick
- rail
- rant
- rave
- remonstrate
- spurn
- squawk
- storm
- tangle
- be displeased
- discommend
- go one-on-one
- make a stink
- mix it up with
- raise objection
- sound off
- take exception
- take on
- argue
- assail
- attack
- debate
- defy
- deny
- disagree
- dispute
- face
- fight
- prevent
- protest
- resist
- assault
- bar
- battle
- bombard
- check
- combat
- confront
- contradict
- controvert
- counter
- counterattack
- cross
- disapprove
- encounter
- expose
- gainsay
- hinder
- neutralize
- reverse
- taunt
- thwart
- withstand
- call in question
- face down
- fly in the face of
- frown at
- not countenance
- run counter to
- search out
- speak against
- stand up to
- take a stand
- take issue
- take on
- turn the tables
- argue
- bicker
- break with
- carp
- complain
- differ
- fall out
- feud
- spar
- squabble
- tangle
- wrangle
- altercate
- battle
- brawl
- bump
- caterwaul
- cavil
- charge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- disapprove
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- embroil
- fight
- hassle
- row
- scrap
- spat
- strive
- struggle
- vary
- war
- be at loggerheads
- cross swords
- find fault
- get tough with
- have it out
- have words
- lock horns
- mix it up
- object to
- set to
- take exception
- take on
- decline
- ignore
- protest
- rebuff
- reject
- turn down
- withdraw
- withhold
- demur
- desist
- disaccord
- disallow
- disapprove
- dissent
- dodge
- evade
- nix
- regret
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- shun
- spurn
- beg off
- brush off
- dispense with
- give thumbs down to
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out
- make excuses
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not care to
- pass up
- refuse to receive
- send off
- send regrets
- set aside
- turn away
- turn deaf ear to
- turn from
- turn one's back on
- apologize
- bemoan
- deplore
- grieve
- lament
- repent
- bewail
- deprecate
- disapprove
- miss
- moan
- mourn
- repine
- rue
- weep
- be disturbed
- be sorry for
- cry over
- cry over spilled milk
- feel remorse
- feel sorry
- feel uneasy
- have compunctions
- have qualms
- kick oneself
- look back
- weep over
- animadvert
- blame
- censure
- challenge
- combat
- complain
- criticize
- decry
- demur
- deprecate
- disapprove
- disparage
- dispute
- dissent
- except
- expostulate
- fight
- inveigh
- kick
- nag
- object
- oppose
- protest
- rain
- recriminate
- resist
- scold
- withstand
- find fault
- frown upon
- pick at
- sound off
- take exception
- take issue
- abandon
- break with
- disavow
- dismiss
- disown
- forsake
- recant
- renounce
- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- spurn
- abjure
- apostatize
- banish
- cast
- decline
- default
- defect
- demur
- deny
- desert
- disapprove
- discard
- disclaim
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dump
- flush
- nix
- oust
- rat
- refuse
- reprobate
- tergiversate
- turn
- be against
- cast off
- cut off
- disacknowledge
- fly in the face of
- tergiverse
- turn down
- wash one's hands of
- despise
- disdain
- dismiss
- disregard
- flout
- rebuff
- refuse
- reject
- repudiate
- scorn
- snub
- turn down
- air
- contemn
- cut
- decline
- disapprove
- drop
- dump
- flush
- nix
- reprobate
- repulse
- scoff
- slight
- sneer
- cold-shoulder
- give the cold shoulder
- hold in contempt
- look down on
- not hear of
- pass by
- sneeze at
- steer clear
- turn nose up at
- deny
- refuse
- reject
- rule out
- turn down
- ban
- blackball
- burn
- cut
- decline
- defeat
- disallow
- disapprove
- discountenance
- forbid
- interdict
- kill
- negate
- negative
- nix
- pass
- prohibit
- give thumbs down
- not go for
- pass by
- pass on
- put down
- shoot down
- throw away
- throw out
- thumbs-down
- attribute
- charge
- chide
- condemn
- criticize
- denounce
- indict
- admonish
- ascribe
- blast
- censure
- disapprove
- finger
- frame
- impute
- knock
- rap
- rebuke
- reprehend
- reproach
- reprove
- roast
- saddle
- skin
- tax
- upbraid
- blow the whistle on
- climb all over
- denunciate
- express disapprobation
- find fault with
- hold responsible
- jump all over
- jump down one's throat
- lay a bad trip on
- lay at one's door
- lay to
- let one have it
- lower the boom
- pass the buck
- point the finger
- stick it to
- admonish
- berate
- castigate
- chastise
- chide
- denounce
- discipline
- rebuff
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproach
- scold
- abuse
- animadvert
- asperse
- attack
- backbite
- blame
- cavil
- contemn
- denigrate
- deprecate
- disapprove
- disparage
- impugn
- incriminate
- judge
- knock
- lecture
- ostracize
- remonstrate
- reprehend
- reprove
- upbraid
- carp at
- cut up
- exprobate
- find fault with
- get after
- look askance
- pick apart
- pull apart
- read out
- take to task
- tear apart
- tell off
- abhor
- abominate
- antipathize
- avoid
- be allergic to
- bear malice toward
- be averse to
- be turned off to
- condemn
- contemn
- deplore
- despise
- detest
- disapprove
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disrelish
- eschew
- execrate
- grossed out on
- have hard feelings
- have no stomach for
- have no taste for
- have no use for
- loathe
- look down on
- lose interest in
- make faces at
- mind
- not appreciate
- not care for
- not endure
- not feel like
- not take kindly to
- object to
- regret
- resent
- scorn
- shudder at
- shun
- blow
- boo
- catcall
- condemn
- damn
- decry
- deride
- disapprove
- fizz
- fizzle
- hoot
- jeer
- mock
- rasp
- revile
- seethe
- shrill
- siss
- sizzle
- spit
- swish
- wheeze
- whirr
- whisper
- whistle
- whiz
- whoosh
- shout down
- accuse
- criticize
- denounce
- disagree
- fret
- gripe
- grumble
- lament
- moan
- object
- oppose
- protest
- ascribe
- attack
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- carp
- cavil
- charge
- contravene
- defy
- demur
- deplore
- deprecate
- differ
- disapprove
- dissent
- expostulate
- fuss
- gainsay
- grieve
- groan
- grouse
- growl
- impute
- indict
- lay
- nag
- refute
- remonstrate
- repine
- reproach
- snivel
- wail
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
- find fault
- kick up a fuss
- look askance
- make a fuss
- sound off
- take exception to
- castigate
- censure
- chide
- criticize
- decry
- denounce
- punish
- sentence
- adjudge
- belittle
- damn
- deprecate
- depreciate
- disapprove
- disparage
- doom
- frame
- judge
- knock
- name
- pronounce
- proscribe
- reprehend
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- skin
- upbraid
- blow whistle on
- call down
- come down on
- denunciate
- find fault with
- find guilty
- hang something on
- lay at one's door
- let have it
- pass sentence on
- pin it on
- point finger at
- put away
- put down
- send up
- send up the river
- thumbs down on
- deny
- dismiss
- refuse
- reject
- abjure
- abstain
- avoid
- balk
- bypass
- demur
- desist
- disapprove
- forbear
- forgo
- gainsay
- nix
- refrain
- renounce
- reprobate
- repudiate
- shy
- spurn
- beg to be excused
- don't buy
- not accept
- not hear of
- not think of
- pass on
- send regrets
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- hesitate
- vacillate
- waver
- balk
- cavil
- challenge
- combat
- complain
- deprecate
- disapprove
- dispute
- doubt
- fight
- object
- oppose
- pause
- protest
- pussyfoot
- refuse
- remonstrate
- resist
- scruple
- shy
- stick
- stickle
- strain
- hem and haw
- take exception
- wait and see
- decry
- denounce
- deplore
- dislike
- oppose
- reject
- veto
- blame
- censure
- chastise
- criticize
- damn
- deprecate
- detract
- disallow
- discountenance
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dismiss
- expostulate
- nix
- pan
- refuse
- remonstrate
- reprehend
- reprobate
- reprove
- slam
- spurn
- discommend
- dispraise
- find fault with
- find unacceptable
- frown on
- look askance at
- look down on
- object to
- pass on
- set aside
- take dim view of
- take exception to
- turn down
- zing
- condemn
- deprecate
- disapprove
- discourage
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dispute
- resist
- count me out
- discommend
- frown on
- hold no brief for
- not go for
- not stand for
- object to
- put down
- take a dim view of
- take exception to
- abhor
- avoid
- condemn
- deplore
- despise
- detest
- disapprove
- loathe
- regret
- resent
- scorn
- shun
- abominate
- contemn
- disesteem
- disfavor
- eschew
- execrate
- mind
- antipathize
- be allergic to
- bear malice toward
- be averse to
- be turned off to
- disrelish
- grossed out on
- have hard feelings
- have no stomach for
- have no taste for
- look down on
- lose interest in
- make faces at
- not appreciate
- not care for
- not endure
- not feel like
- not take kindly to
- object to
- shudder at
- deviate
- differ
- disagree
- dissent
- stray
- vary
- argue
- conflict
- contrast
- depart
- digress
- disapprove
- oppose
- swerve
- wander
- turn aside
- abhor
- despise
- detest
- loathe
- scorn
- shun
- abominate
- anathematize
- contemn
- curse
- deprecate
- deride
- disapprove
- disdain
- disfavor
- disparage
- execrate
- nauseate
- spurn
- allergic to
- bear a grudge against
- be disgusted with
- be hostile to
- be loath
- be reluctant
- be repelled by
- be sick of
- be sorry
- can't stand
- down on
- feel malice to
- have an aversion to
- have enough of
- have no use for
- look down on
- not care for
- object to
- recoil from
- shudder at
- spit upon
- boo
- hoot
- jeer
- seethe
- shout down
- spit
- wheeze
- whirr
- whisper
- whistle
- blow
- catcall
- condemn
- damn
- decry
- deride
- disapprove
- mock
- rasp
- revile
- shrill
- sibilate
- siss
- whiz
antonyms for dis-approving
MOST RELEVANT
- cheerful
- encouraging
- happy
- joyful
- bright
- brilliant
- clear
- distinct
- favorable
- good
- intelligent
- light
- smart
- agreeable
- aiding
- favorable
- friendly
- good
- helpful
- helping
- hospitable
- kind
- nice
- pleasant
- wonderful
- hot
- sympathetic
- warm
- gentle
- welcoming
- accept
- agree
- aid
- allow
- comply
- give in
- go along
- harmonize
- help
- retreat
- support
- surrender
- yield
- approve
- assist
- encourage
- forward
- make peace
- permit
- favor
- join
- participate
- agree
- concur
- harmonize
- ignore
- approve
- endorse
- give in
- give up
- keep
- make peace
- retreat
- sanction
- surrender
- yield
- accept
- agree
- allow
- applaud
- approve
- commend
- compliment
- concur
- consent
- endorse
- exalt
- flatter
- go along
- laud
- praise
- sanction
- support
- surrender
- yield
- concede
- give in
- accept
- allow
- approve
- emphasize
- enforce
- keep
- sanction
- welcome
- acknowledge
- admit
- agree
- consent
- go along
- grant
- hold
- retain
- accept
- admire
- allow
- approve
- esteem
- include
- like
- love
- OK
- respect
- sanction
- welcome
- ascend
- compliment
- praise
- rise
- embrace
- want
- absolve
- acquit
- approve
- compliment
- exonerate
- free
- laud
- praise
- endorse
- flatter
- sanction
- applaud
- commend
- exalt
- exculpate
- thank
- approve
- commend
- compliment
- flatter
- forgive
- laud
- praise
- agree
- cherish
- defend
- endorse
- protect
- sanction
- allow
- permit
- accept
- agree
- aid
- approve
- compliment
- concur
- consent
- help
- laud
- please
- praise
- soothe
- assent
- be happy
- defend
- delight
- endorse
- exonerate
- give in
- gloat
- go along
- protect
- ratify
- retreat
- sanction
- support
- surrender
- applaud
- be content
- commend
- recommend
- approve
- compliment
- laud
- praise
- build up
- commend
- endorse
- exalt
- sanction
- absolve
- acquit
- clear
- discharge
- exonerate
- free
- pardon
- release
- set free
- accept
- agree
- aid
- approve
- believe
- commend
- consent
- endorse
- give in
- go along
- help
- praise
- sanction
- support
- surrender
- allow
- approve
- compliment
- praise
- ratify
- sanction
- accept
- commend
- endorse
- exalt
- laud
- permit
- promote
- welcome
- agree
- like
- love
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