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désapprouver — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deprecate verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  • disapprove verb To think something is wrong or unacceptable (usually followed by "of").
  • disavow verb To formally deny responsibility for or support of something.

Senses

désapprouver is used for these senses in English:

  • deprecate (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  • disapprove (intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
  • disavow (transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
  • frown upon (transitive) To disapprove of.

deprecate — full definition

  1. verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  2. verb To belittle, depreciate.
  3. verb To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
  4. verb To pray against.

disapprove — full definition

  1. verb To think something is wrong or unacceptable (usually followed by "of").
  2. verb To formally reject or refuse to approve something.

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