disapprove
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
consider bad or wrong
Types & categories
- pass judgment hypernym
- frown on hyponym
- discountenance hyponym
Related & opposite
- approve antonym
- disapproval derivation
Sense 2 verb
deem wrong or inappropriate
I disapprove of her child rearing methods
Types & categories
- pass judgment hypernym
- object hyponym
- deprecate hyponym
- deter hyponym
Related & opposite
- sanction antonym
- rejection derivation
- disapproval derivation
- rejective derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | approve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disapproval |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass judgment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | frown on |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | discountenance |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disapproval |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejective |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass judgment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | object |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deprecate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deter |