Usually means: Expressing condemnation or unfavorable opinion.
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  1. disapproving: Merriam-Webster
  2. disapproving: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. disapproving: Collins English Dictionary
  4. disapproving: Vocabulary.com
  5. Disapproving, disapproving: Wordnik
  6. disapproving: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. disapproving: Wiktionary
  8. Disapproving, disapproving: Dictionary.com
  9. disapproving: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Disapproving: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. disapproving: Rhymezone
  12. Disapproving: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. disapproving: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. disapproving: FreeDictionary.org
  15. disapproving: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. disapproving: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. disapproving: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ adjective:  Expressing or conveying disapproval.

Similar:
unfavorable, unfavourable, disapprobatory, dismissive, self-deprecatory, deprecatory, dischuffed, disconfirmatory, disavowed, dissuasive, more...

Types:
scornful, derisive, mocking, sarcastic, cynical, jaded, more...

Phrases:
disapproving glance, disapproving sound, disapproving look, disapproving tone, disapproving noise, more...

Adjectives:
more, little, good, public, next, half, joint, japanese, downright, disappointed, approving

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Similar:
unfavorable, unfavourable, disapprobatory, dismissive, self-deprecatory, deprecatory, dischuffed, disconfirmatory, disavowed, dissuasive, more...

Types:
scornful, derisive, mocking, sarcastic, cynical, jaded, more...

Phrases:
disapproving glance, disapproving sound, disapproving look, disapproving tone, disapproving noise, in a scolding or disapproving tone, say disapproving, disapproving looks, disapproving expression, more...

Adjectives:
more, little, good, public, next, half, joint, japanese, downright, disappointed, approving

Colors:
    gray,     brown,     black,     dark green,     olive, more...



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