noun
1. a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing (Freq. 6)
• Ant: ↑approval
• Derivationally related forms: ↑disapprove
• Hypernyms: ↑dislike
2. the expression of disapproval (Freq. 1)
• Ant: ↑approval
• Hypernyms: ↑message, ↑content, ↑subject matter, ↑substance
• Hyponyms: ↑disapprobation, ↑condemnation, ↑criticism, ↑unfavorable judgment, ↑discouragement
3. an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
• Hypernyms: ↑inclination, ↑disposition, ↑tendency
• Hyponyms: ↑doghouse, ↑reprobation
4. the act of disapproving or condemning
• Ant: ↑approval
• Derivationally related forms: ↑disapprove
• Hypernyms: ↑judgment, ↑judgement, ↑assessment
• Hyponyms: ↑disparagement, ↑dispraise, ↑condemnation, ↑stigmatization, ↑stigmatisation, ↑branding
Useful english dictionary. 2012.