disapproval

Other forms of disapproval

plural

disapprovals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disapproval

What does disapproval mean?

disapproval means "a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disapproval?

disapproval has 4 syllables: di-sap-pro-val. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /dɪsəˈpɹuvəl/.

What is another word for disapproval?

Close synonyms include disfavor, disfavour, dislike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of disapproval?

The recorded antonyms are approval, approval, approval.

Is disapproval a common word?

disapproval is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with disapproval?

1 word rhymes with disapproval. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.