| Main Entry: | disapprove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn |
Synonyms: |
blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, dispraise, expostulate, find fault with, find unacceptable, frown on, look askance at, look down on, nix, object to, oppose, pan, pass on, refuse, reject, remonstrate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, set aside, slam, spurn, take dim view of, take exception to, turn down, veto, zing |
Antonyms: |
agree, approve, endorse, like, love, sanction |
| Main Entry: | blame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse; place responsibility |
Synonyms: |
admonish, ascribe, attribute, blast, blow the whistle on, censure, charge, chide, climb all over, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, disapprove, express disapprobation, find fault with, finger*, frame, hold responsible, impute, indict, jump all over, jump down one's throat, knock*, 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, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, roast, saddle, skin*, stick it to, tax, upbraid |
Antonyms: |
applaud, commend, exalt, exculpate, exonerate, praise, thank |
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn; criticize severely |
Synonyms: |
abuse, admonish, animadvert, asperse, attack, backbite, berate, blame, carp at, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, exprobate, find fault with, get after, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, look askance, ostracize, pick apart, pull apart, read out, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tear apart, tell off, upbraid |
| 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: |
allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction |
| Main Entry: | complain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble about |
Synonyms: |
accuse, ascribe, attack, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, find fault, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, kick up a fuss, lament, lay, look askance, make a fuss, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, sound off, take exception to, wail, whimper, whine, yammer |
Antonyms: |
applaud, approve, be content, be happy, commend, praise, recommend, sanction |
| Main Entry: | condemn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, convict |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on, call down, castigate, censure, chide, come down on, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, find fault with, find guilty, frame, hang something on, judge, knock, lay at one's door, let have it, name, pass sentence on, pin it on, point finger at, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river, sentence, skin, thumbs down on, upbraid |
Antonyms: |
absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no |
Synonyms: |
abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, beg to be excused, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, don't buy, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down, turn thumbs down |
Antonyms: |
accept, say yes |
| Main Entry: | demur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
Synonyms: |
balk, cavil, challenge, combat, complain, deprecate, disapprove, dispute, doubt, fight, hem and haw, hesitate, object, oppose, pause, protest, pussyfoot, refuse, remonstrate, resist, scruple, shy, stick, stickle, strain, take exception, vacillate, wait and see, waver |
Antonyms: |
accept, agree, consent, go along |
| Main Entry: | discountenance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject, oppose |
Synonyms: |
condemn, count me out, deprecate, disapprove, discommend, discourage, disesteem, disfavor, dispute, frown on, hold no brief for, not go for, not stand for, object to, put down, resist, take a dim view of, take exception to |
Antonyms: |
approve, back, countenance, sanction, support |
| Main Entry: | dislike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be antagonistic toward something; hate |
Synonyms: |
abhor, abominate, antipathize, avoid, be allergic to, be averse to, be turned off to, bear malice toward, 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, 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 |
Antonyms: |
approve, like, love |
| Main Entry: | diverge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be different from; be at odds |
Synonyms: |
argue, conflict, contrast, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, disapprove, dissent, oppose, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, wander |
Antonyms: |
agree, concur |