Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɪsˌæpɹəˈbeɪʃən/
disapprobation
- An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book 13, Chapter 6,
- Though a gentle sigh, which stole from the bosom of Nancy, seemed to argue some secret disapprobation of these sentiments, she did not dare openly to oppose them.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 22,
- Elizabeth would wonder, and probably would blame her; and though her resolution was not to be shaken, her feelings must be hurt by such disapprobation.
- 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Chapter IV,
- And not only these acts, but the dispositions which lead to them, are properly immoral, and fit subjects of disapprobation which may rise to abhorrence.
- 1921, D. H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia, Chapter I,
- No one seems to think so, however. Yet they view my arrival with a knapsack on my back with cold disapprobation, as unseemly as if I had arrived riding on a pig. I ought to be in a carriage, and the knapsack ought to be a new suitcase.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book 13, Chapter 6,
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