disapprobation

[ dis-ap-ruh-bey-shuh n ]

/ ˌdɪs æp rəˈbeɪ ʃən /

disapproval; condemnation.

Origin of disapprobation

First recorded in 1640–50; dis-¹ + approbation

self-dis·ap·pro·ba·tion, noun

Of this he speaks with the disapprobation natural to a mind already schooled in the habits of reason and virtue.

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 |Henry Hallam
Disapprobation has ever been a powerful stimulus to the Saxon mind.

Americans and Others |Agnes Repplier
Too cautious to commit herself in words, this lady expressed doubt and disapprobation by her looks.

Little Novels |Wilkie Collins
You say that the baron has always looked upon government with an eye of disapprobation.

Love and Intrigue |Friedrich Schiller

Mr. Dinsmore turned in his chair, and gave his daughter a glance of mingled surprise and disapprobation.

Elsie's Womanhood |Martha Finley

disapprobation

/ (ˌdɪsæprəʊˈbeɪʃən) /

moral or social disapproval