showing that you do not approve of someone or something a disapproving glance/tone/look She sounded disapproving as we discussed my plans. opposite approving
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adverb He looked disapprovingly at the row of empty wine bottles.See disapproving in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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