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disapproval - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | disapproval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation |
| Synonyms: | blackball*, blame, boo*, boycott, catcall*, censure, criticism, denunciation, discontent, disfavor, dislike, disparagement, displeasure, dissatisfaction, hiss*, nix*, objection, opprobrium, ostracism, reproach, reproof, stricture, thumbs down, vitriol, zing*, black list, brickbat, call down, castigation, deprecation, disapprobation, slap on wrist |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, endorsement, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe criticism |
| Synonyms: | admonition, blame, condemnation, disapproval, objection, obloquy, rebuke, remonstrance, reprimand, reproach, reproof, stricture, admonishment, castigation, dressing down, reprehension |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
| Antonyms: | approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement, praise, ratification, recommendation, sanction |
| Main Entry: | condemnation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blaming, conviction |
| Synonyms: | accusation, blame, censure, damnation, denunciation, disapproval, doom, judgment, reproach, reproof, sentence, stricture, denouncement, proscription, reprobation |
| Antonyms: | absolution, acquittal, clearance, discharge, exoneration, freeing, pardon, release |
| Main Entry: | denial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal, refusal of belief in |
| Synonyms: | cold shoulder*, contradiction, disapproval, disclaimer, dissent, nay, negation, negative, nix*, noncommittal, prohibition, rebuff, rebuttal, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, retraction, veto, abstaining, adjuration, brush-off, controversion, declination, disallowance, disavowal, dismissing, disproof, forswearing, gainsaying, no way, nonacceptance, protestation, refraining, refusing, refutal, rejecting, renegement, renouncement, repudiating, statement abnegation, turndown |
| Antonyms: | affirmation, agreement, approval, avowal, claim, corroboration, vouching |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disfavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dislike; disgrace |
| Synonyms: | aversion, disapproval, discredit, dishonor, disinclination, displeasure, disregard, disrepute, disrespect, dissatisfaction, distaste, distrust, indisposition, mistrust, shame, thumbs down, disapprobation, disesteem, doghouse, unpopularity |
| Antonyms: | approval, endorsement, favor, like |
| Main Entry: | dislike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antagonism, hatred toward something |
| Synonyms: | animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disapproval, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, enmity, hostility, indisposition, loathing, objection, offense, opposition, prejudice, repugnance, deprecation, disapprobation, disesteem |
| Antonyms: | approval, like, liking, love |
| Main Entry: | displeasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, anger |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, aversion, disapproval, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dissatisfaction, distaste, indignation, indisposition, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrage, vexation, wrath, disapprobation, discontentment, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, incensement |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, delight, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontent, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, frustration, heartburn, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, malcontent, oppression, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, fretfulness, hopelessness, lamentation, malcontentment, querulousness |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | flak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, criticism |
| Synonyms: | abuse, censure, condemnation, disapproval, disparagement, fault-finding, hostility, knock*, opposition, pan*, rap*, swipe*, bad press, brickbat, disapprobation |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hatred |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe dislike |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienation, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, contempt, detestation, disapproval, disfavor, disgust, displeasure, distaste, enmity, envy, execration, grudge, hard feelings, hate, horror, hostility, ignominy, ill will, loathing, malevolence, malice, odium, pique, prejudice, rancor, repugnance, repulsion, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, spleen, venom, allergy to, coldness, invidiousness, malignance, militancy, no use for |
| Antonyms: | like, liking, love, loving |
| Main Entry: | nonconformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, behavior different from most |
| Synonyms: | breach, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapproval, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, insubordination, lawlessness, negation, noncompliance, objection, opposition, originality, rejection, strangeness, veto, violation, bohemianism, contumaciousness, disapprobation, discordance, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, mutinousness, nonacceptance, nonagreement, nonconsent, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | objection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument, disagreement |
| Synonyms: | cavil, censure, challenge, criticism, demur, difficulty, disapproval, discontent, disinclination, dislike, displeasure, dissatisfaction, doubt, exception, grievance, gripe, hesitation, kick, niggle*, odium, opposition, protest, question, rejection, reluctance, remonstrance, scruple, shrinking, squawk*, stink*, counter-argument, declination, demurral, demurring, disapprobation, disesteem, protestation, remonstration, repugnancy, revilement, unwillingness |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, agreement, concurrence, consent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame, dishonor |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, bar sinister, black eye*, blame, blot, blur, brand, censure, condemnation, detestation, disapproval, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, dislike, disrepute, enmity, execration, hate, hatred, ignominy, infamy, malice, obloquy, onus, opprobrium, rebuke, resentment, slur, spot, stain, stigma, disesteem, dispprobation, reprobation |
| Antonyms: | approval, honor, regard, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, argument, battle royal*, beef*, brawl, breach, broil*, combat, commotion, complaint, contention, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disapproval, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disturbance, dust*, falling-out*, feud, fight, fisticuffs*, fracas, fray, fuss, hassle, misunderstanding, objection, rhubarb*, row, ruckus*, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, strife, struggle, tiff, tumult, vendetta, wrangle, bickering, brannigan*, catfight, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rebuke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reprimand; harsh criticism |
| Synonyms: | admonition, affliction, blame, censure, comeuppance, condemnation, correction, disapproval, dressing-down*, lecture, lesson, ostracism, punishment, put-down, rap*, rating, rebuff, refusal, remonstrance, reproach, reproof, repulse, row, scolding, snub, tongue-lashing, admonishment, bawling-out, berating, castigation, chewing-out, chiding, earful, expostulation, going-over, hard time, kick in the teeth, objurgation, reprehension, reproval, slap in the face, talking-to, telling-off, upbraiding |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refusal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial of responsibility; unwillingness |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder*, defiance, disapproval, disclaimer, disfavor, dissent, exclusion, forbidding, negation, nix*, no, noncompliance, option, pass*, prohibition, rebuff, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, veto, withholding, writ, declension, declination, disallowance, disavowal, discountenancing, enjoinment, interdiction, knockback, nonacceptance, nonconsent, proscription, regrets, renouncement, turndown |
| Antonyms: | approval, grant, offer, sanction, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reproach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong criticism; dishonor |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonition, blame, blemish, censure, condemnation, contempt, disapproval, discredit, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, indignity, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, rap*, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scorn, shame, slight, slur, stain, stigma, admonishment, chiding, reprehension |
| Antonyms: | approval, honor, praise, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taboo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something not allowed, permitted |
| Synonyms: | anathema, ban, disapproval, don't, forbiddance, inhibition, interdict, law, limitation, no-no, prohibition, proscription, regulation, religious convention, reservation, restraint, restriction, sanction, social convention, stricture, superstition, thou-shalt-not |
| Antonyms: | allowance, mentionable |
| Main Entry: | repudiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, cancellation, disapproval, refusal, disavowal |
| Main Entry: | thumbs down |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rejection |
| Synonyms: | disapproval, dissatisfaction, no, ostracism, rebuff, red light, refusal, snub, veto, declining, turndown |
| Antonyms: | approval, thumbs up, welcome, yes |
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