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单词 disapproving
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disapprovingn.

Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈpruːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈpruvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disapprove v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < disapprove v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of disapprove v. (in various senses); spec. the action of having or expressing an unfavourable opinion. Also: an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun]
dislikingc1540
dislike1577
ill liking1586
disapprobation1625
disapproving1632
disprobation1647
disapprovement1648
disapproval1649
improbation1656
objection1813
1632 E. Chetwynd Strait Gate & Narrow Way i. 5 Our Saviour shewing thereby..his dislike, and disapproving of the Question moved.
1655 Ld. Hatton Let. Jan. in E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 165 I find my selfe exceedingly out in the approving or disapproving of persons.
1703 Universal Dict. at Masinissa He..married Sophonisba and sent her Poison on Scipio's disapproving of the Match.
1759 A. Gerard Ess. on Taste i. vii. 77 The perception springs from the supremacy of our approving and disapproving faculty.
1866 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 395/2 The chief [mental traits] were..an insensibility, even an instinctive opposition, to the approvings or disapprovings of others.
1901 Law Rep.: King's Bench Div. 2 89 It would be a reasonable ground for his disapproving of the position of the pit that he had sold the land..to a railway company, for whom he had become a trustee.
1948 Mind 57 353 We shall have to accommodate second order dispositions,..e.g. of being frightened of being frightened or disapproving of disapproving.
2006 G. J. Postema in H. R. West Blackwell Guide to Mill's Utilitarianism ii. 30 Our approvings and disapprovings are themselves subject to rational assessment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

disapprovingadj.

Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈpruːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈpruvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disapprove v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < disapprove v. + -ing suffix2.
That disapproves; that conveys or implies disapproval.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective]
unfavourable1548
sinistral1560
head-shaking1626
disapproving1661
disapprobatory1751
neg1777
unapproving1787
disapprobative1821
rebukative1863
negative1867
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. Ep. Ded. sig. A 4v Not incompetent Judges..have been pleas'd to give these Papers no disapproving Character.
1737 J. Edwards Let. to Author of Answer to Hampsh. Narr. 73 Those disapproving Gentlemen should say in their Defence, that the Council declare in their Result, there was nothing in the Way of his Ordination.
1825 tr. P. de Ségur Hist. Exped. Russia I. v. ii. 199 Surrounded by disapproving countenances, and opinions contrary to his own, he felt himself uncomfortable.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 52 There was unkind triumph or disapproving pity in the glances of greeting neighbours.
1937 Philadelphia (Federal Writers’ Project) 587 The student life is a wine which loses none of its headiness because its partakers are forever under the eyes of somber and disapproving spectators.
1960 M. K. Harris Seraphina xvi. 162 I said to myself that I didn't care. But disapproving silence is a thing that gets under your skin after a very short time.
2008 J. Collins Married Lovers i. 11 He threw her a disapproving look while tapping the dial of his fake gold Rolex.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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