Definitions

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  • noun One who disapproves.

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  • noun One who disapproves.

Etymologies

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disapprove +‎ -er

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Examples

  • And so from every point of view, whether of pleasure, honor, or advantage, the approver of justice is right and speaks the truth, and the disapprover is wrong and false and ignorant?

    The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

  • Such an elegiac tone, whilst being, as all retrospective accounts of one's past are, self-serving, at least reminds us that the young Freud did not metamorphose directly into the implacable patriarchal disapprover of Grosskurth's somewhat barren imagination.

    Schadenfreud Appignanesi, Lisa 1991

  • I do not wish to pose either as a humbugging approver or as a sulky disapprover.

    Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896

  • There was something about this kindness of her old disapprover which touched her deeply, and moved her to weakness more than had the sight of her recreant love with another girl.

    The Portion of Labor Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

  • And so from every point of view, whether of pleasure, honour, or advantage, the approver of justice is right and speaks the truth, and the disapprover is wrong and false and ignorant?

    The Republic 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

  • And so from every point of view, whether of pleasure, honor, or advantage, the approver of justice is right and speaks the truth, and the disapprover is wrong and false and ignorant?

    The Republic of Plato Plato 1763

  • But in the few weeks since ace trainer/Polytrack disapprover Bob Baffert said he "probably" would bail on Del Mar next summer and ship his considerable stable back East, diligent work has been done on the fake surface, and things have gone smoothly.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • Dad’s been surprisingly silent on the whole issue, which, for a Class-A shouter, blamer, and disapprover like him, is pretty much an ideal result.

    Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

  • Dad’s been surprisingly silent on the whole issue, which, for a Class-A shouter, blamer, and disapprover like him, is pretty much an ideal result.

    Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

  • No I don’t believe so - I have personal knowledge of the kind of cruelty that can be exerted towards gay teenagers, but I cannot imagine how it would have been to be in his position, being sent to christian camp and constantly prayed over and told that you were a sinner - and having your father be the chief disapprover.

    “They are forcing their way into our towns, breaking our doors down, saying, `We are sodomites and there is nothing you can do about it.’” 2004

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