Expressing or showing disapproval or condemnation.
From 'disapprobation' + '-ive' (adjective suffix). This creates an adjective form that describes something characterized by or expressing disapprobation.
This ultra-formal adjective is barely used anymore—you'd never hear someone say 'disapprobative looks' when 'disapproving' works perfectly! It's a relic of 19th-century formal English that linguists study to understand how word-formation rules change over time.
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