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disapprobatory

disapprobatory adjective: containing or showing disapprobation; that disapproves.

Adjective

disapprobatory (comparative more disapprobatory, superlative most disapprobatory)

  1. Containing or showing disapprobation; that disapproves.
    • disapprobatory adjectives
    • disapprobatory nickname

Synonyms of disapprobatory

All synonyms of disapprobatory

Forms of disapprobatory

comparativemore disapprobatory
superlativemost disapprobatory

Origin of disapprobatory

From dis- + approbatory.

Questions about disapprobatory

What does disapprobatory mean?
Disapprobatory means containing or showing disapprobation; that disapproves.
What part of speech is disapprobatory?
Disapprobatory is an adjective.

Words near disapprobatory in the dictionary

  1. disappreciates
  2. disappreciating
  3. disapprobation
  4. disapprobations
  5. disapprobative
  6. disapprobatory
  7. disappropriate
  8. disappropriated
  9. disappropriates
  10. disappropriating
  11. disappropriation

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