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Disapproval

Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

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Broader term 9

Assessment 76% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Dislike 76% connected

To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Tendency 76% connected

Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.

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Narrower term 9

Branding 76% connected

of Brand

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Condemnation 76% connected

The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

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Criticism 76% connected

The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a l…

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Disapprobation 76% connected

The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.

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Discouragement 76% connected

The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

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Disparagement 76% connected

Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.

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Dispraise 76% connected

To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.

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Reprobation 76% connected

The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.

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Stigmatization 76% connected

The act of stigmatizing.

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Derivationally related 2

Disapprove 74% connected

To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprov…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disapprove 74% connected

To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprov…

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Synonym 2

Disfavor 92% connected

Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dislike 92% connected

To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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