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approvingadjective expressing approvalthe play did not receive a single approving notice admiring, applauding, appreciative, approbatory, commendatory, complimentary, favorable, friendly, good, positive accepting, warmencomiastic, eulogistic, flattering, hagiographic(also hagiographical), laudative, laudatory, panegyrical, praisefulrespectful, supportive, sympatheticadoring, adulatory, idolizing, worshipful, worshipping(also worshiping)advisory, recommendatory adverse, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, disapproving, inappreciative, negative, unappreciative, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unflattering, unfriendly captious, carping, caviling(or cavilling), censuring, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcriticalbelittling, contemptuous, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting approvingverbpresent participle of approveto give official acceptance of as satisfactoryas soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site accrediting, approbating, authorizing, clearing, confirming, finalizing, formalizing, homologating, OK'ing(or okaying), ratifying, sanctioning, warranting accepting, acknowledging, affirmingcertifying, endorsing(also indorsing), validatingblessing, canonizing, sanctifyinginitialing(or initialling), rubber-stamping, signing, signing off (on)allowing, enabling, legalizing, licensing(also licencing), passing, permittingreapproving declining, denying, disallowing, disapproving, negativing, rejecting, turning down, vetoing banning, enjoining, forbidding, illegalizing, interdicting, prohibiting, proscribingdisregarding, ignoring, neglecting, overlookingrebuffing, rebutting, refusing, spurning in 1646 |