Approve and Dispraise

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Dispraise is an antonym for approve.

Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvingly, approvement

Dispraise verb - To express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of.

Usage example: the movie is an old-fashioned romance, and in calling it that, I don't mean to dispraise it at all

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Approve is an antonym for dispraise in topics: condemn, belittle, detract, criticize, insult or involve in entanglement.

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