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What is another word for
disapproving
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Adjective
Expressing an unfavourable opinion
Not easy to please or satisfy
Tending to, or intended to, disparage or belittle
Denotes a strong aversion or opposition to something
Having a harsh or menacing demeanor or nature
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice
Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Of or pertaining to an admonition
Characterized by the use of wit, especially to offend
Brief, concise, and to the point
Verb
Present participle for to refuse to agree to, especially officially
Present participle for to express an unfavorable opinion (of something)
Present participle for to have an unfavorable opinion (of something)
Present participle for to defy or put up an opposition to
Present participle for to express an objection to what someone has said or done
Present participle for used politely to express regret, disappointment or embarrassment
Present participle for to object to
Present participle for to disagree with or dispute
Present participle for to express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something
Present participle for to frown in an angry or bad-tempered way
Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of
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Adjective
▲
Expressing an unfavourable opinion
censorious
critical
disparaging
condemnatory
deprecatory
reproachful
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
discouraging
frowning
reproving
boot-faced
condemning
damning
denouncing
denunciatory
derogatory
disapprobatory
dissatisfied
pejorative
scathing
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
displeased
harsh
hostile
judgemental
judgmental
knocking
negative
slating
stern
full of reproof
hypercritical
cavilling
UK
fault-finding
carping
captious
overcritical
caviling
US
faultfinding
quibbling
castigatory
rejective
censuring
nitpicking
niggling
pass-remarkable
pedantic
pernickety
nit-picking
withering
pettifogging
hair-splitting
contemptuous
cavillous
reprobative
accusatory
reprobatory
hairsplitting
finicky
severe
nagging
picky
damnatory
overnice
judgy
upbraiding
accusing
vituperative
admonitory
punctilious
complaining
calumniatory
belittling
cutting
cynical
scolding
demanding
griping
exceptive
sarcastic
bellyaching
whingeing
pharisaic
nit-picky
self-righteous
hard to please
disappointed
proscriptive
abusive
nice
admonishing
opprobrious
fine
incriminatory
unforgiving
subtle
culpatory
reprehending
reproaching
chiding
severely critical
overrefined
persnickety
grousing
grouchy
moaning
grumbling
particular
grouching
whining
bleating
critic
humbling
demeaning
trenchant
sharp
biting
choleric
satirical
lowering
slighting
kvetching
nitpicky
over-censorious
exacting
cantankerous
quarrelsome
testy
petty
acrimonious
contrary
petulant
mithering
chuntering
very critical
difficult to please
impossible to please
discontented
precisionist
exact
fussy
overscrupulous
precise
scrupulous
perfectionist
over-exacting
dogmatic
literalistic
meticulous
finical
literalist
purist
fastidious
formalist
casuistical
casuistic
sophistical
scholastic
sophistic
unsympathetic
ultra-critical
more ❯
“Some men maintained protective intergenerational boundaries by distancing themselves from
disapproving
parents.”
Adjective
▲
Not easy to please or satisfy
difficult
fussy
picky
particular
choosy
demanding
finicky
fastidious
critical
finical
perfectionist
inflexible
uncompromising
rigorous
intractable
obstinate
tough
overbearing
unaccommodating
unamenable
strict
unreasonable
cavilling
UK
hard
harsh
imperious
nagging
overexacting
querulous
stringent
unbending
obdurate
hypercritical
caviling
US
cavillous
censuring
disparaging
faultfinding
hardheaded
overcritical
overscrupulous
sticklerish
stiff
tyrannical
dictatorial
unflinching
importunate
grim
unrelenting
boorish
rigid
immovable
inexorable
irascible
pitiless
resolute
unyielding
captious
dogmatic
oppressive
prickly
chippy
crotchety
disputatious
disputative
ornery
hard to please
over-particular
high-maintenance
fault-finding
over-exacting
hard-line
over-censorious
over-rigorous
over-strict
bloody-minded
hard to satisfy
trying
clamorous
tiresome
judgmental
judgemental
troublesome
insistent
exigent
unmanageable
fractious
unsparing
firm
stubborn
hairsplitting
quibbling
needy
possessive
demeaning
carping
censorious
serious
cynical
exacting
pernickety
choosey
fussbudgety
overnice
dainty
persnickety
old-maidish
punctilious
finicking
delicate
nice
squeamish
nit-picking
nit-picky
discriminating
faddy
nitpicking
scrupulous
careful
pedantic
stickling
pass-remarkable
faddish
painstaking
selective
exact
overparticular
meticulous
assiduous
hair-splitting
prissy
obsessive
fretful
difficult to please
fuddy-duddy
fussbudget
over-fastidious
discerning
tricky
overprecise
fiddly
fine
detailed
heedful
conscionable
overfastidious
precious
punctual
picky-picky
old maidish
old womanish
precise
refined
overdelicate
sedulous
queasy
thorough
impossible to please
very careful
easily disgusted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Tending to, or intended to, disparage or belittle
derogatory
disparaging
denigratory
deprecatory
contemptuous
disdainful
depreciatory
slighting
belittling
pejorative
insulting
scornful
uncomplimentary
degrading
abusive
offensive
demeaning
derisory
depreciative
scurrilous
derogative
denigrative
rude
critical
contumelious
disrespectful
vituperative
hurtful
detractive
decrying
negative
censorious
malicious
spiteful
vilifying
nasty
opprobrious
reproachful
unfavourable
UK
mean
sarcastic
maligning
deprecating
detracting
traducing
discrediting
humiliating
unflattering
unfavorable
US
deflating
diminishing
personal
catty
dishonouring
UK
despiteful
discreditable
aspersing
dishonoring
US
malevolent
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
fault-finding
derisive
deprecative
sneering
scathing
snide
defamatory
libelous
US
libellous
UK
slanderous
detractory
mocking
scoffing
jeering
unpleasant
judgmental
judgemental
insolent
taunting
debasing
dismissive
invective
damaging
unsympathetic
harsh
denigrating
biting
hateful
uncharitable
epithetical
condemnatory
shrewish
cynical
ridiculing
irreverent
dyslogistic
downgrading
disadvantageous
sniping
unkind
insinuating
caustic
vitriolic
ill-natured
snarky
sarky
mordacious
scandalous
cutting
arrogant
haughty
supercilious
calumniatory
snobbish
condescending
imperious
proud
uppity
scurril
scurrile
venomous
vituperatory
truculent
snooty
cavalier
aspersive
calumnious
sniffy
vain
libeling
US
malign
defaming
libelling
UK
vile
reviling
shaming
malignant
injuring
reproaching
excoriating
disgracing
injurious
despicable
vulgar
hurting
offending
abasing
damning
snotty
audacious
withering
cool
snippy
bold
cheeky
abhorrent
sardonic
temperamental
hard
high and mighty
cold-shoulder
full of contempt
on your high horse
hard-nosed
blunt
honest
candid
attacking
straightforward
hostile
realistic
stark
outspoken
faultfinding
warts and all
straight from the shoulder
denunciatory
upbraiding
false
untrue
mud-slinging
scolding
castigating
dirty
calumniating
vituperous
backbiting
foul
aspersory
obloquious
unfounded
vicious
reproving
castigatory
misrepresentative
lying
sharp-tongued
ironical
satirical
saucy
impudent
pert
pushy
impertinent
brazen
forward
malapert
sassy
brash
invidious
poisonous
virulent
affronting
maledictory
scandalmongering
muckraking
maledictive
slurring
ranting
defiant
trenchant
sharp
mordant
violent
berating
obnoxious
unmannerly
superior
hypercritical
overbearing
egotistic
censuring
ribald
groundless
obscene
low
coarse
salacious
gross
indecent
scabrous
damnatory
condemning
raunchy
lewd
smutty
outrageous
filthy
shameless
Rabelaisian
admonishing
reprobative
slating
reprobatory
knocking
foul-mouthed
unsubstantiated
baseless
unwarranted
uncorroborated
insupportable
unsupported
unjustifiable
unjustified
ill-founded
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Denotes a strong aversion or opposition to something
negative
adversarial
adversary
antagonistic
hostile
inhospitable
inimical
jaundiced
mortal
unfriendly
unsympathetic
counter
disavowing
prejudicial
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
untoward
naysaying
recusant
repugnant
adverse
contrary
critical
antipathetic
poor
opposing
discouraging
uncomplimentary
injurious
unflattering
bad
aggressive
bellicose
militant
low
combative
belligerent
confrontational
spiteful
pugnacious
angry
wrathful
truculent
virulent
uncongenial
ill-disposed
vitriolic
unsociable
unreceptive
argumentative
damaging
unkind
malevolent
rancorous
vicious
unwelcoming
bitter
malicious
alien
warlike
venomous
intimidating
maleficent
unpleasant
unpropitious
surly
malefic
biting
malignant
mean
ornery
dour
scrappy
catty
nasty
viperous
hateful
cold
sour
dissenting
oppositional
opposed
resistant
contentious
conflicting
dissident
opposite
unwilling
accusatorial
reluctant
quarrelsome
difficult
oppugnant
adversative
oppugning
harsh
disparaging
allergic
at odds
foul
anti
disadvantageous
averse
against
down on
antisocial
set against
dead set against
cool
disaffected
agin
at odds with
dissenting from
at variance with
in disagreement with
on the warpath
uncooperative
obstructive
inauspicious
disobliging
hurtful
pernicious
destructive
hindering
impeding
acting in opposition
malign
misanthropic
disagreeable
competitive
uncharitable
incompatible
obnoxious
menacing
cross
estranged
censorious
vengeful
acrimonious
grudging
ill-natured
aloof
distant
frosty
at variance
chilly
remote
glacial
indifferent
haughty
unneighbourly
disdainful
unsocial
uncivil
rude
offhand
discourteous
ungenerous
ungracious
short
xenophobic
brusque
stand-offish
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a harsh or menacing demeanor or nature
severe
dour
grim
stern
forbidding
grave
flinty
serious
sober
austere
cold
steely
unsmiling
gruff
intimidating
somber
US
sombre
UK
unfriendly
aloof
earnest
fierce
frowning
glowering
menacing
stiff
stony
louring
lowering
rough
rugged
stark
ungentle
frigid
frosty
icy
overbearing
unfeeling
unpleasant
wicked
strait-laced
grim-faced
tight-lipped
solemn
humourless
UK
humorless
US
sedate
staid
sour
no-nonsense
morose
sullen
surly
sobersided
harsh
glum
po-faced
gloomy
dismal
uncommunicative
dreary
poker-faced
uncomic
unsympathetic
mean-looking
melancholic
stringent
dejected
crabbed
ugly
sulky
saturnine
bleak
hard
hard-faced
stolid
unhumorous
serious-minded
weighty
implacable
bitter
moody
hostile
fiery
mortified
furious
angry
brooding
crabby
critical
cast-iron
inhospitable
unappeasable
dark
boot-faced
mean
joyless
cheerless
threatening
grumpy
cross
ferocious
churlish
vicious
irritable
testy
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
ill-humored
US
unapproachable
frightening
ill-humoured
UK
intense
grouchy
cantankerous
quiet
peevish
crusty
uninviting
scowling
unsociable
deadpan
unresponsive
fearsome
unrestrained
callous
fiendish
frightful
pouting
pitiless
long-faced
stony-faced
cutthroat
horrible
hellish
venomous
disagreeable
pouty
mopey
sinister
tough
downbeat
subdued
sad
cold sober
distant
beastly
bestial
dry
cranky
savage
formidable
indignant
touchy
fell
mournful
straight
boring
tedious
taciturn
resentful
snappish
crotchety
unamusing
truculent
uncivil
sourpussed
splenetic
resolute
miserable
stroppy
embittered
uptight
sulking
unmannerly
mardy
mumpish
waspish
dull
querulous
petulant
leaden
sage
dignified
ill-natured
unplayful
thoughtful
ponderous
muted
strictly business
heavy-going
out of humour
out of sorts
straight-faced
stone-faced
in a bad mood
offensive
odious
repellent
foreboding
off-putting
abhorrent
repulsive
strict
gray
US
grey
UK
brusque
choleric
acrimonious
formal
key
portentous
reserved
narky
unemotional
chilly
stuffy
lugubrious
remote
Eeyorish
pessimistic
bound and determined
resolved
funereal
composed
fed up
with a long face
unhospitable
underlined
difficult
dyspeptic
bilious
bearish
acid
impassive
expressionless
ornery
blank
quarrelsome
huffy
obstinate
spiteful
mean-spirited
wild
violent
barbaric
cruel
dangerous
murderous
aggressive
brutal
untamed
feral
unruly
rabid
brute
bloodthirsty
merciless
malevolent
ruthless
unmerciful
malignant
terrible
barbarous
convulsive
impetuous
brutish
raging
heartless
baleful
delirious
monstrous
incessive
remorseless
raving
inhumane
sadistic
uncontrollable
inhuman
enraged
undomesticated
fearful
frantic
rapacious
infuriated
crazed
mad
butcherly
primitive
tigerish
biffo
aggers
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice
puritanical
prim
prudish
puritan
severe
ascetic
Victorian
austere
forbidding
moralistic
narrow
narrow-minded
pietistic
proper
stiff
strait-laced
stuffy
bigoted
fanatical
schoolmarmish
starchy
tight-laced
bluenosed
censorious
hair-shirt
nice-nelly
old-maidish
priggish
prissy
rigid
schoolmistressy
sententious
spartan
straightlaced
straitlaced
strict
abstemious
abstinent
conforming
goody-goody
Grundyish
moral
stern
genteel
square
niminy-piminy
prim and proper
governessy
conventional
mimsy
demure
uptight
formal
staid
straight
smug
conservative
respectable
sober
frugal
fuddy-duddy
sedate
stick-in-the-mud
self-denying
Pecksniffian
self-disciplined
non-indulgent
overnice
restrained
old-fashioned
decorous
continent
solemn
monastic
self-righteous
of the old school
self-abnegating
po-faced
Spartan
sanctimonious
shockable
seemly
decent
holier-than-thou
temperate
moderate
ladylike
serious
pompous
overmodest
self-satisfied
polite
old-maid
precious
simple
monkish
earnest
chaste
nice
square-toed
nunlike
correct
self-restrained
celibate
ceremonial
ceremonious
virtuous
goody-two-shoes
conformist
humourless
UK
straight-laced
humorless
US
orthodox
comme il faut
overscrupulous
prude
pious
pedantic
Pharisaic
hypocritical
complacent
vain
exacting
pi
epicene
sparing
fussy
precise
particular
fastidious
god-fearing
unctuous
PC
economical
refraining
abstentious
namby-pamby
self-sacrificing
reserved
impersonal
squeamish
blue-nose
cleanly
good
dapper
upright
stickling
choosy
spic-and-span
snobbish
spruce
meticulous
wooden
dignified
nit-picking
politically correct
goody two-shoes
illiberal
fogeyish
stilted
teetotal
moderating
fusty
old-fogeyish
restricted
self-important
arrogant
supercilious
dry as dust
magisterial
important
puffy
bourgeois
traditional
traditionalist
becoming
befitting
suburban
parochial
stodgy
gentlemanly
refined
Pooterish
doctrinal
Biedermeier
dogmatic
button-down
small-town
bien pensant
fit
right
plain
hermitic
cloistered
anchoritic
reclusive
solitary
rigorous
eremitic
suitable
modest
mannerly
fitting
grave
monklike
disciplined
harsh
mortified
abstaining
ascetical
honourable
UK
honorable
US
unembellished
unadorned
done
courteous
functional
undecorated
sombre
UK
in line
by the book
meet
comely
de rigueur
by the numbers
well-mannered
classic
unornamented
stark
unfussy
weighty
somber
US
sobersided
other-worldly
uncomic
spare
unsmiling
dreary
douce
uncluttered
clinical
unhumorous
grim
dull
serious-minded
no-nonsense
bare-bones
ultra-plain
without frills
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
dissatisfied
discontented
disgruntled
displeased
irritated
annoyed
disappointed
exasperated
irked
unhappy
vexed
malcontent
resentful
aggrieved
angry
discontent
unsatisfied
frustrated
disaffected
bothered
ungratified
complaining
malcontented
sullen
crabby
grumpy
restless
unfulfilled
griping
grumbling
jaundiced
kvetching
disquieted
fretful
sulky
restive
envious
unsated
querulous
critical
picky
angered
regretful
begrudging
ennuied
faultfinding
fretting
grudging
insatiable
jealous
offended
plaintive
snivelling
UK
sniveling
US
unappeased
unassuaged
fed up
cheesed off
browned off
brassed off
out of joint
fed-up
not satisfied
put-out
not best pleased
irritable
cantankerous
testy
peevish
petulant
cranky
grouchy
snappy
snappish
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
whining
objectionable
uptight
fuming
fierce
stroppy
ireful
hostile
tetchy
pugnacious
in a temper
irascible
hot-blooded
ratty
morose
convulsed
wrathful
choleric
hot-tempered
bilious
tense
ferocious
quick-tempered
cold
gruff
raving
short-tempered
angerful
surly
splenetic
frenzied
ranting
touchy
waspish
dyspeptic
psyched up
shirty
bristly
narky
wild
cheerless
peeved
miffed
upset
put out
piqued
indignant
riled
cross
aggravated
narked
huffy
troubled
in a huff
irate
sore
eggy
distressed
nettled
snuffy
unpleased
worried
teed off
hacked off
ticked off
peed off
disgusted
hurt
disapproving of
affronted
stung
wounded
galled
ruffled
injured
insulted
reproachful
needled
anguished
rattled
miffy
in high dudgeon
pained
unconvinced
churlish
flustered
harried
disheartened
perturbed
agitated
unmet
failed
vex
harassed
afflicted
discouraged
infuriated
disturbed
grousing
unsatisfiable
hoha
bellyaching
incensed
provoked
maddened
embittered
tormented
inflamed
furious
uncontent
crabbing
kicking
enraged
defeated
crabbed
ill-humored
US
fretted
hot under the collar
out of temper
bad tempered
hung up
carrying a chip on your shoulder
up the wall
ill-humoured
UK
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of or pertaining to an admonition
admonitory
admonishing
cautionary
warning
advisory
rebuking
cautioning
exemplary
monitory
premonitory
reprimanding
reproachful
reproving
scolding
advice-giving
condemnatory
counselling
UK
counseling
US
critical
deterrent
instructive
ominous
preventive
threatening
hinting
wise
portending
giving warning
serving as a deterrent
bodeful
monitorial
exhortatory
worrying
prognostic
sobering
precautionary
Adjective
▲
Characterized by the use of wit, especially to offend
tart
cutting
caustic
sharp
biting
scathing
sarcastic
sardonic
mordant
acerbic
barbed
trenchant
acid
bitter
satirical
acrimonious
acidulous
snarky
corrosive
satiric
pungent
acerb
stinging
acrid
scalding
venomous
acidic
nasty
pointed
incisive
vicious
spiteful
astringent
keen
critical
piercing
cruel
unkind
wounding
dry
rude
unpleasant
acetose
short
snappish
snappy
snippy
testy
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
vitriolic
mordacious
virulent
severe
catty
harsh
malicious
scornful
penetrating
searing
devastating
hurtful
razor-edged
waspish
mean
derisive
abrasive
hostile
mocking
poisonous
withering
cynical
salty
brusque
acute
contemptuous
sarky
polemic
savage
scorching
rancorous
rapier-like
snide
taunting
hateful
offensive
disrespectful
fierce
unfriendly
ironical
telling
vindictive
crisp
sneering
scoffing
jeering
disparaging
irascible
carping
ornery
evil
arrogant
slashing
ironic
brutal
malignant
forceful
belittling
poignant
pernicious
pithy
backhanded
malign
maleficent
saucy
needling
contumelious
scurrilous
malefic
cussed
evil-intentioned
twitting
austere
chaffing
captious
unblunted
ferocious
weisenheiming
squint-eyed
polemical
violent
churlish
heartless
edged
callous
truculent
derisory
grim
stringent
antagonistic
pitiless
curt
abusive
emphatic
piquant
unsparing
extremely critical
baleful
malevolent
blistering
peppery
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
witty
irreverent
impertinent
razor-sharp
splenetic
passive-aggressive
snarling
disillusioned
ill-natured
not sweet
stern
drilling
terse
clear-cut
laconic
derogatory
hard
controversial
rough
wry
contentious
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
aggressive
wise
insensitive
gruff
rubbing the wrong way
merciless
vengeful
bilious
venomed
strong
vigorous
insinuating
argumentative
disputatious
vitriolous
lambent
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
inconsiderate
double-edged
ungracious
disdainful
envenomed
unrelenting
forthright
driving
clear
crabbed
burning
explicit
powerful
distinct
effective
blunt
sadistic
potent
unequivocal
edgy
dripping with malice
ruthless
wanton
cold-blooded
ridiculing
cold
crushing
menacing
grudging
resentful
hate-filled
dirty
vituperative
viperous
destructive
viperish
toxicant
dripping venom
full of spleen
full of gall
accidentally on purpose
bad
wicked
despiteful
defamatory
evil-minded
dour
intimidating
threatening
dangerous
harmful
injurious
belligerent
detrimental
deleterious
surly
louring
hellish
sour
noxious
adverse
sinister
pugnacious
mischievous
forbidding
wrathful
cross
murderous
bad-natured
inhospitable
cantankerous
damaging
mean-spirited
inimical
disagreeable
baneful
frightening
revengeful
fiendish
shrewish
nocuous
obnoxious
unsympathetic
prejudicial
lousy
ill
bellicose
horrid
militant
confrontational
combative
flinty
ungentle
uncongenial
steely
ill-disposed
furious
indignant
unsociable
irate
stark
antipathetic
dark
vile
crabby
lowering
fiery
ill-humored
US
scrappy
rugged
fearsome
unrestrained
beastly
frightful
ill-humoured
UK
filthy
backbiting
cutthroat
horrible
enraged
slanderous
calamitous
ruinous
despicable
poison
murder
unwelcoming
depraved
choleric
wild
uncharitable
annoying
implacable
warlike
alien
adversary
adversarial
deadly
moody
unpropitious
contrary
jaundiced
negative
unreceptive
wretched
aggrieved
intimidatory
annoyed
vexed
displeased
irked
piqued
exasperated
irritated
glowering
low
barbaric
tetchy
feral
sulky
untamed
foul
barbarous
brutish
narky
terrible
ratty
bestial
monstrous
stroppy
uncontrollable
shirty
corrupting
ireful
subversive
disastrous
rotten
tough
scathy
stabbing
insidious
censorious
joyless
troublesome
sullen
insolent
discourteous
prejudicious
artful
perilous
glum
embittered
hazardous
cranky
bothersome
peevish
morose
festering
awful
gross
messy
spleenful
unforgiving
uncool
envious
petty
grumpy
foul-mouthed
lewd
offended
begruding
sore
insulted
gloomy
avenging
relentless
brooding
scowling
retaliatory
wreakful
salacious
dirty-minded
gossip-mongering
grudge-bearing
frowning
insulting
temperamental
aggravated
cheerless
out for revenge
execrable
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dishonorable
US
contemptible
base
detestable
paltry
treacherous
slighting
unfair
unsportsmanlike
unruly
fell
bloodthirsty
rabid
brute
unmerciful
dishonourable
UK
impetuous
raging
convulsive
delirious
unlikable
impolite
galled
provoked
incessive
frantic
inhumane
infuriated
crazed
mad
butcherly
remorseless
primitive
raving
rapacious
tigerish
inhuman
undomesticated
biffo
aggers
fearful
outraged
unlovable
low-minded
low-down
unbearable
insufferable
irritating
unsafe
unloveable
eggy
black
dodgy
ill-boding
foreboding
ominous
desperate
uncivilised
UK
minatory
minacious
nefarious
villainous
abhorrent
rowdy
serpentine
uncivilized
US
abandoned
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Brief, concise, and to the point
sententious
brief
laconic
terse
aphoristic
compact
concise
epigrammatic
pithy
succinct
apothegmatic
capsule
compendious
crisp
curt
elliptic
elliptical
gnomic
monosyllabic
pointed
short
summary
telegraphic
thumbnail
axiomatic
abounding
censorious
critical
judgemental
judgmental
meaningful
pretentious
condensed
short and sweet
to the point
breviloquent
compendiary
synoptic
incisive
compressed
abridged
abbreviated
clipped
boiled down
sparing
in a nutshell
lapidary
economical
shortened
snappy
potted
summarized
US
contracted
sharp
truncated
brusque
tight
perfunctory
summarised
UK
cut to the bone
in a few well-chosen words
rapid
quick
curtailed
little
witty
precise
small
tart
blunt
trenchant
neat
taut
economic
in few words
cursory
abrupt
lean
close
finely honed
snippety
recapped
precipitate
compacted
rehashed
run-down
outline
concentrated
abstracted
comprehensive
clever
amusing
piquant
quick-witted
epigrammatical
limited
summarizing
US
meaty
pungent
ingenious
summarising
UK
marrowy
run-through
apophthegmatic
short and to the point
epitomized
US
epitomised
UK
snippy
fast
hurried
hasty
shortened form
decreased
making a long story short
well tuned
expressive
significant
cogent
diminished
honed
effective
ephemeral
unprolonged
lessened
in well-chosen words
swift
short-and-sweet
decurtate
down to brass tacks
abbreviate
curtate
transient
bare
not protracted
cut short
exact
cryptic
clear-cut
edited
reduced
cut
shorter
trimmed
pruned
shrunk
precised
synopsized
cropped
cut down
bare-bones
pared down
memorable
catchy
straightforward
skeleton
controlled
distinct
digest
essential
censored
sketch
bowdlerized
US
stripped down
expurgated
simplified
bowdlerised
UK
encapsulated
well structured
cut-down
slimmed down
outlined
edited down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse to agree to, especially officially
rejecting
declining
refusing
negativing
spurning
nixing
reprobating
repudiating
passing
dismissing
disallowing
deselecting
denying
vetoing
withholding
turning down
passing up
throwing out
balking at
throwing over
ruling out
giving the thumbs down to
ruling against
setting aside
saying ‘no’ to
rebuffing
saying no to
forbidding
prohibiting
knocking back
negating
forgoing
passing on
blocking
turning back on
interdicting
abjuring
discountenancing
giving the red light to
renouncing
repulsing
snubbing
revoking
preventing
shunning
ignoring
disavowing
giving the red light
baulking at
not accepting
disacknowledging
giving something a miss
giving thumbs down to
shooting down
abandoning
eschewing
banning
desisting
withgoing
precluding
scorning
giving up
missing
demurring
brushing aside
demurring at
disregarding
abstaining from
opposing
shying from
refraining from
withholding from
desisting from
look down one's nose at
saying no
shaking one's head
passing by
turning away
redlighting
discounting
skipping
overlooking
not heeding
steering clear of
not hearing of
forbearing
waiving
avoiding
neglecting
disdaining
withdrawing
repelling
protesting
holding out
not caring for
drawing the line at
holding back
turning deaf ear to
brushing off
sending off
not buying
protesting at
dispensing with
jibbing at
refusing to receive
turning from
holding off
letting pass
killing
denying oneself
letting go by
missing out on
failing to take advantage of
refusing to take advantage of
opting out
opting out of
outlawing
overruling
proscribing
begrudging
giving the thumbs down
tabooing
excluding
restraining
quashing
embargoing
barring
blackballing
downing
squashing
stopping
nullifying
boycotting
dissenting
declaring null and void
giving thumbs down
placing an embargo on
throwing away
putting a stop to
putting an end to
putting the kibosh on
cutting
refusing permission to
not going for
censuring
putting down
burning
defeating
giving the brush-off to
enjoining from
turning thumbs down
standing in the way
disowning
forsaking
forswearing
relinquishing
deserting
discarding
abnegating
dumping
recanting
shedding
surrendering
ousting
disprofessing
disinheriting
rescinding
banishing
casting aside
casting off
breaking with
cutting off
turning your back on
defecting from
having nothing more to do with
having no more truck with
refusing to acknowledge
washing your hands of
laying aside
flying in the face of
not wanting
dropping
disclaiming
retracting
abdicating
kicking
reneging
repealing
reneging on
foreswearing
leaving
quitting
ditching
refraining
axing
unsaying
packing in
cutting out
having done with
swearing off
gainsaying
disaffirming
abstaining
betraying
jettisoning
doing away with
yielding
resigning from
leaving out
shirking
throwing off
junking
disaffiliating
jilting
chucking
scrapping
apostatizing
separating
sacrificing
resisting
resigning
divorcing oneself from
taking back
having nothing to do with
giving a wide berth to
jacking in
departing from
shying away from
breaking away from
withdrawing from
severing relations with
splitting with
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
staying clear of
ratting on
shutting out
binning off
going away from
doing without
going without
sitting out
giving someone the push
leaving alone
giving the elbow
giving someone the big E
dropping out of
giving someone the air
pulling out
pulling out of
keeping from
refuting
ostracizing
US
contravening
scrubbing
stopping using
refusing to accept
discontinuing
eluding
stopping having
ostracising
UK
seceding from
escaping
evading
ducking
dodging
conceding
shaking
finessing
shying
scaping
delinking from
stranding
dissociating oneself from
disaffiliating oneself from
fighting shy of
foregoing
ending relations with
excommunicating
breaking free from
taking leave from
not touching
shuffling out of
having no truck with
letting well enough alone
keeping clear of
getting around
unfollowing
disinclining
disliking
marooning
leaving flat
leaving behind
cold-shouldering
divesting
leaving stranded
leaving high and dry
tergiversating
bereaving
refusing to abide by
refusing to recognize
casting out
running out on
walking out on
breaking up with
binning
trashing
evicting
dispossessing
depriving
splitting
cashiering
showing the door
leaving in the lurch
kissing goodbye
taking the oath
changing one's tune
drifting away
taking your leave of
going back on
jumping ship
violating oath
copping out
disburdening
doffing
throwing
sloughing
retiring
getting shot of
getting rid of
chucking out
throwing on the scrapheap
disposing of
getting shut of
casting away
shrugging off
tossing out
flinging away
chucking away
retreating
cutting out of will
cutting off without a cent
cutting off without a penny
leaving penniless
seceding
excepting
separating oneself from
separating from
breaking from
splitting off from
forming a splinter group
splitting from
breaking away
becoming independent
disaffiliating from
bypassing
eliding
overleaping
overpassing
pretermitting
leaving off
failing to mention
taking out
passing over
failing to include
omitting
counting out
not bothering
slighting
letting something slide
missing out
skipping over
factoring out
more ❯
“I think rarely do they ever
disapprove
a request for a sympathy subpoena, for a warrant to go ahead and issue a wiretap.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to express an unfavorable opinion (of something)
censuring
condemning
deploring
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
deprecating
objecting to
blaming
decrying
denouncing
frowning on
reproving
disparaging
not supporting
rebuking
reproaching
thinking wrong
animadverting
discountenancing
knocking
looking askance at
taking exception to
chastising
detracting
discommending
disesteeming
disfavoring
disfavouring
dispraising
expostulating
expressing a poor opinion of
negating
objecting
opposing
panning
remonstrating
remonstrating against
reprehending
slamming
zinging
raising an
passing on
finding fault with
dissing
faulting
slagging
disliking
disapproving of
taking a dim view of
berating
reprimanding
chiding
slating
discouraging
excoriating
flaming
execrating
caning
judging
slagging off
putting down
having a go at
frowning upon
giving someone a bad press
finding unacceptable
scolding
admonishing
repudiating
abhorring
despising
detesting
protesting
denigrating
frowning
rubbishing
showing displeasure
roasting
bashing
not taking kindly to
bagging
taking to pieces
tearing apart
pulling apart
misliking
resisting
not standing for
holding no brief for
tutting about
tutting over
tut-tutting over
not going for
tut-tutting about
castigating
attacking
blasting
hammering
upbraiding
reviling
objurgating
vituperating
reprobating
slashing
arraigning
belittling
denunciating
depreciating
skinning
anathematizing
proscribing
framing
punishing
adjudging
pronouncing
naming
laying into
inveighing against
taking to task
calling down
letting someone have it
coming down on
laying at one's door
putting away
sending up
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
pinning it on
sending up the river
giving something a bad press
declaring unfit
lambasting
carpeting
rating
dressing down
hauling over the coals
lacing to
chewing out
bawling out
telling off
tearing into
lecturing
giving someone a roasting
rapping
giving a rocket
ragging
ticking off
reaming out
giving someone a dressing-down
giving someone a rollicking
giving someone hell
reading the riot act
tearing off a strip
pitching into
remonstrating with
trimming
rapping over the knuckles
railing against
keelhauling
bollocking
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone an earful
pulling up
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone a bollocking
vilifying
giving a talking-to
giving someone a rating
savaging
giving someone a wigging
giving someone what for
wigging
flaying
rowing
giving someone a row
trashing
railing at
pummelling
UK
pummeling
giving someone a caning
blowing up
slapping down
pillorying
giving someone some stick
basting
abusing
ranting at
tongue-lashing
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
cutting up
jawing
crucifying
maligning
scoring
jumping on
putting on the mat
running down
casting aspersions on
picking holes in
derogating
mauling
aspersing
bad-mouthing
fulminating against
pulling to pieces
scathing
raking over the coals
cavilling at
carping at
throwing brickbats at
slurring
skewering
giving a bad press to
besmirching
animadverting on
giving some stick to
potshotting
chastening
reaming
pouring scorn on
hitting out at
vituperating against
haranguing
impugning
belaboring
US
railing
nitpicking about
belabouring
UK
giving flak to
lighting to
jumping down one's throat
slapping someone's wrist
tearing a strip off
assailing
sledging
lashing
blistering
picking to pieces
calling on the carpet
rollicking
nagging
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
checking
scorching
shooting down
coming down hard on
bagging on
taking to the woodshed
going on at
giving a piece of one's mind
discrediting
deriding
ridiculing
accusing
carping
disciplining
ripping
monishing
cautioning
lessoning
scourging
defaming
hitting
calling over the coals
talking to
finding fault
bringing to book
passing strictures upon
blowing up at
laying down the law
calling to account
ripping into
nagging at
complaining
raving at
charging
fustigating
arguing with
indicting
recriminating
correcting
raking
prosecuting
exprobating
lampooning
jawboning
zapping
disgracing
sailing into
trouncing
impeaching
taxing
wading into
talking down
giving something a battering
jeering at
going for the jugular
biting someone's head off
nit-picking
giving the business
strongly criticizing
letting fly at
rapping on knuckles
telling a thing or two
jumping all over
lashing into
doing a number on
speaking to
giving a going over
jumping down someone's throat
climbing all over
slapping on wrist
lamming into
drawing the line
complaining about
yelling at
criticizing severely
leaning on
having someone on the carpet
taking down
reprimanding severely
abominating
refuting
exprobrating
getting angry with
comminating
giving a rough time
harassing
assaulting verbally
warning
threaping
disagreeing with
advising
counseling
US
adjuring
counselling
UK
taunting
raking over coals
giving tongue-lashing
piling in
lashing out at
having words with
chewing
tearing to pieces
animadverting upon
frying
starting on
starting in
slanging
speaking
giving someone a telling off
tearing someone a new one
preaching
taking on
getting on
taking down a peg
getting after
giving a hard time
burning one's ears
rejecting
twitting
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
throwing the book at
giving someone stick
coming down on like a ton of bricks
cussing out
criticizing hatefully
shouting at
giving one hell
eating out
giving someone a carpeting
carping on
sounding off
going after
rapping knuckles
keeping after
setting upon
clobbering
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
striking
cudgeling
US
smearing
shellacking
slapping
cudgelling
UK
smothering
slogging
inveighing
fluffing
slugging
expressing strong disapproval of
pointing the finger
giving comeuppance
giving the devil
laying on
calling to task
expressing disapproval of
lashing out
having your knife in
sorting out
declaiming
stigmatizing
US
cutting down
sticking it to
expressing disapprobation
thinking badly of
expressing disapprobation of
throwing shade
cutting to bits
picking at
passing judgment
skinning alive
giving bad press
stigmatising
UK
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
laying out
dragging over the coals
rapping someone the knuckles
taking apart
griping about
declaiming against
calling out
charging with
showing up
bringing under fire
reviewing unfavorably
criticizing strongly
making a protest to
taking issue with
questioning
diminishing
trash-talking
traducing
discounting
vilipending
minimizing
US
dismissing
scoffing at
detracting from
kissing off
underestimating
writing off
calumniating
minimising
UK
devaluing
undervaluing
lowering
playing down
underrating
sniping at
downgrading
tearing to shreds
holding forth against
crying down
grousing about
sounding off about
beefing about
whingeing about
finding lacking
moaning about
holding responsible
holding someone to blame
nitpicking over
quibbling about
carping about
grouching about
holding accountable
whining about
bellyaching about
complaining to
doing a hatchet job on
dumping on
marking down
taking away
throwing stones at
taking swipe at
criminating
incriminating
bringing someone to trial
inculpating
putting on trial
trying
bringing charges against
preferring charges against
bringing a charge against
taking to court
laying charges against
having the law on
holding at fault
bringing a case against
sending someone away with a flea in his
giving the dickens
lowering the boom
more ❯
“Does any man, who is the representative of any populous place in this kingdom, fear that his constituents will
disapprove
of his conduct?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have an unfavorable opinion (of something)
disliking
disfavouring
hating
loathing
abhorring
deploring
disfavoring
disrelishing
despising
detesting
finding unacceptable
scorning
having a poor opinion of
having a problem with
taking dim view of
taking exception to
holding in disfavour
looking down on
not appreciating
not taking kindly to
taking a dim view of
having an aversion to
having no liking for
regarding with disgust
regarding with distaste
execrating
abominating
misliking
finding intolerable
objecting to
opposing
resenting
deprecating
shunning
disesteeming
discountenancing
reproving
recoiling from
shuddering at
condemning
disapproving of
frowning upon
having no stomach for
frowning on
having no taste for
disdaining
spurning
regarding with contempt
shrinking from
minding
antipathizing
eschewing
contemning
finding repellent
regretting
not caring for
tutting about
making faces at
tutting over
bearing malice toward
look down one's nose at
having no taste
not enduring
tut-tutting over
having hard feelings
losing interest in
finding distasteful
tut-tutting about
having no use for
not feeling like
avoiding
relucting
having a down on
disagreeing with
feeling repelled by
regarding with repugnance
feeling hostile to
feeling revulsion to
feeling aversion to
having it in for
discommending
discouraging
resisting
feeling hostile towards
disliking greatly
viewing with disfavour
not standing for
viewing with dislike
having a low opinion of
holding no brief for
turning your nose up at
thinking wrong
looking down upon
pooh-poohing
sneering at
holding in disdain
not going for
lookng down at
looking askance at
not thinking much of
treating with contempt
feeling revulsion towards
feeling aversion towards
feeling malice to
bearing a grudge against
reviling
feeling hostility to
misprizing
feeling contempt for
feeling contempt
rejecting
repudiating
refusing
revolting
declining
feeling repugnance towards
feeling repugnance
finding disgusting
having a strong aversion to
having aversion to
more ❯
“The corollary of this is that I sometimes feel approval of a state of affairs that is being sustained by behavior I nevertheless thoroughly
disapprove
of.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to defy or put up an opposition to
opposing
challenging
fighting
resisting
contesting
disputing
confronting
defying
contradicting
countering
battling
denying
facing
combatting
combating
gainsaying
controverting
rebutting
repelling
withstanding
arguing
attacking
oppugning
thwarting
encountering
crossing
bucking
checking
disagreeing
blocking
obstructing
preventing
hindering
disliking
dissenting
protesting
taking
assailing
assaulting
counterattacking
withstaying
reacting
taking on
objecting to
contending with
disagreeing with
standing up to
struggling against
striving against
fighting against
arguing against
taking issue with
going against
arguing with
taking a stand against
putting up a fight against
disapproving of
facing down
quarreling with
flying in the face of
taking issue
speaking against
calling in question
frowning at
speaking out against
not supporting
not countenancing
setting your face against
standing up and be counted against
running counter to
taking a stand
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
rebelling against
contending
kicking against
competing against
locking horns with
vying
questioning
wrestling
competing
wrangling
impeding
refusing
stopping
inhibiting
frustrating
restraining
halting
stemming
sparring
jousting
curbing
competing with
vying with
going up against in contest
going head to head
locking horns
pitting oneself against
making a stand against
coping with
crossing swords
waging war
clashing with
doing battle with
taking up arms against
trying to beat
meeting head-on
eliminating
ending
tackling
taking up arms
beating
warring
resolving
agitating against
battling against
putting an end to
revolting against
rising up against
bringing to an end to
querying
unseating
dueling
US
duelling
UK
holding out against
relucting
debating
impeaching
counteracting
refusing to accept
countervailing
baulking at
dissenting with
stonewalling
doubting
litigating
blasting
calling into question
engaging
struggling
scrimmaging with
going up against
waging war against
contending against
crossing swords with
facing up to
coming to blows with
skirmishing with
shooting it out with
putting up a fight
fighting back against
facing off against
warring against
grappling with
striving
clashing
grappling
racing
tussling
jockeying
tilting
emulating
trying
bandying
fencing
colliding
essaying
bidding
attempting
matching strength
scrambling for
going for broke
participating in
matching wits
pitching oneself against
jockeying for position
going after
seeking prize
running for
going for
going for the gold
rejecting
spurning
disobeying
tangling with
opposing action
campaigning against
putting up an argument
sparing no effort
tangling
coming up against
tussling with
squaring up
raging against
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to express an objection to what someone has said or done
protesting
objecting
complaining
remonstrating
demurring
disagreeing
dissenting
expostulating
opposing
challenging
denouncing
fulminating
griping
inveighing
kicking
railing
disputing
excepting
resisting
revolting
blasting
combatting
combating
fighting
hollering
howling
moaning
rebelling
squawking
taking exception
expressing disapproval
expressing opposition
raising objections
speaking out
taking issue
crying out
expressing disagreement
making a protest
making a stand
sounding off
making a stink
saying no
voicing disapproval
making an objection
taking a stand
inveighing against
kicking against
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
making a fuss
back-talking
putting up a fight
saying no to
taking up the cudgels
speaking up
rocking the boat
protesting against
arguing against
deprecating
lodging a protest against
taking a stand against
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
expressing objections
condemning
balking
US
cavilling at
complaining about
baulking
UK
arguing
taking exception to
lodging a protest
expressing disagreement with
expressing disapproval of
raising objections to
criticizing
US
beefing about
griping about
taking issue with
criticising
UK
making a fuss about
stickling
scrupling
boggling
expressing doubts
expressing doubt
raising doubts
resenting
deploring
opposing strongly
taking offence at
demurring at
raising an objection
disagreeing with
taking umbrage at
objecting strongly to
squabbling
finding fault
decrying
speaking out against
nagging
bickering
complaining vociferously about
frowning upon
animadverting
picking at
disparaging
withstanding
recriminating
censuring
raining
blaming
taking offence
taking offense
taking umbrage
taking a dim view
coming out against
grousing
minding
expressing objections to
quibbling
grumbling
remonstrating against
beefing
having a problem
spurning
quarreling with
disapproving of
grousing about
grumbling about
kvetching
having a problem with
drawing the line
moaning about
discommending
drawing the line at
crossing
disavowing
quibbling about
discountenancing
crabbing
disesteeming
ranting about
begging to differ
frowning on
kvetching about
taking on
railing against
raising objection
tangling with
mixing it up with
going-one-on-one
taking something amiss
taking something the wrong way
reasoning
dissuading
admonishing
reproving
protesting to
complaining to
making a protest to
objecting to
going off in a huff
smarting
misinterpreting
getting the wrong idea
getting the wrong impression
misconstruing
misunderstanding
getting the wrong end of the stick
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for used politely to express regret, disappointment or embarrassment
hating
regretting
hesitating
lamenting
apologising
UK
apologizing
US
bemoaning
deploring
disliking
loathing
repenting
ruing
rueing
bewailing
deprecating
apologizing for
feeling remorse about
feeling contrite about
feeling reluctant about
feeling sorry about
feeling unwilling about
Verb
▲
Present participle for to object to
minding
caring
objecting
resenting
disagreeing
disliking
complaining
demurring
deploring
taking offence
caring a hoot
caring a toss
giving a hoot
giving a toss
looking askance
taking offense
caring a rap
giving a rap
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disagree with or dispute
dissenting
differing
demurring
disagreeing
disputing
diverging
challenging
nonconcurring
objecting
opposing
rejecting
repudiating
abjuring
protesting
rebelling
refusing
renouncing
stickling
arguing
baulking
UK
balking
US
bucking
contradicting
declining
disaccording
discording
dividing
pettifogging
shying
varying
wrangling
arguing with
disagreeing with
objecting to
protesting against
quibbling over
expressing disagreement with
taking issue with
declining to support
expressing disagreement
expressing objection
failing to agree with
refusing to support
breaking with
withholding assent
saying nothing doing
saying no way
putting up an argument
putting up a fight
saying not a chance
flying in the face of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something
complaining
griping
grumbling
beefing
bellyaching
bleating
carping
grousing
moaning
objecting
protesting
whining
whingeing
grieving
grouching
grumping
bemoaning
bewailing
deploring
fussing
grizzling
groaning
growling
lamenting
nagging
remonstrating
reproaching
charging
denouncing
hollering
nitpicking
caterwauling
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
chirping
chuntering
crabbing
creating
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
croaking
demurring
dissenting
fretting
inveighing
keening
kvetching
maundering
mithering
murmuring
muttering
opposing
repining
screaming
squawking
squealing
wailing
whimpering
yammering
yauping
yawping
yowling
accusing
ascribing
attacking
contravening
cribbing
defying
deprecating
differing
disagreeing
expostulating
gainsaying
imputing
indicting
kicking
knocking
laying
nattering
refuting
snivelling
UK
sniveling
US
twining
kicking up a fuss
finding fault
nit-picking
sounding off
finding fault with
carrying on
kicking up a stink
objecting to
railing at
running down
inveighing against
making a fuss
speaking out against
taking exception to
plaining over
going on about
picking holes in
lodging a complaint
making a complaint
putting the boot in
looking askance
speaking up
expressing concern
showing concern
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to frown in an angry or bad-tempered way
scowling
glowering
frowning
glaring
louring
grimacing
glooming
lowering
pouting
glouting
looking daggers
pulling a face
making a face
giving a dirty look
looking daggers at
giving someone a death stare
looking angrily at
mopping and mow
Verb
▲
Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of
deprecating
disparaging
belittling
denigrating
decrying
discrediting
depreciating
running down
diminishing
scorning
derogating
knocking
bad-mouthing
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
crying down
deflating
deriding
dissing
marginalising
UK
marginalizing
US
playing down
pooh-poohing
trivialising
UK
trivializing
US
underestimating
underrating
undervaluing
detracting
discounting
disdaining
dismissing
maligning
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
trashing
trash-talking
vilifying
vilipending
flaming
lambasting
minifying
misprizing
discommending
expostulating
frowning
holding cheap
kissing off
making little of
objecting
putting down
ripping
scoffing at
selling short
sneering at
talking down
treating lightly
writing off
thinking little of
taking down
not going for
cutting down to size
taking dim view of
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