单词 | disapproving |
释义 | disapprovingn. 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. 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). < n.1632adj.1661 |
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