Approving and Decrying

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Approving

Approving adjective - Expressing approval.
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Decrying is an antonym for approving.
Nearby Words: approve, approval, approved, approbation, approvingly

Decrying

Decrying adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: the usual decrying remarks about the clothes that the stars wore to the awards ceremony
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Approving is an antonym for decrying.
Nearby Word: decried
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  • Western Animation / Transformers Animated Powell to Bulkhead in the tie-in comic The Arrival during the story "The Insincerest Form of Flattery", where Powell edits footage of Bulkhead decrying his line of SWAT vehicles named after the Autobot without his permission so that Bulkhead appears to be approving of them.
    Source: Western Animation / Transformers Animated
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