express disapprobation

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Ruskin was disappointed with his former pupil, and Pater did not hesitate to express disapprobation to private friends; while he accepted incense from a disciple, he distrusted the thurifer.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Lord Fitzwilliam, for attending a public meeting to express disapprobation at the means by which the meeting at Peterloo was dispersed, was dismissed from his office as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire.

From Three Accounts of Peterloo By Eyewitnesses Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial by Jolliffe, William

Of course, these words are intended to express disapprobation, and carry a doubt as to the fitness of Vassar College to educate girls.

From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

It was greeted by the indulgent audience with cries of indignation, peltings of apples, insults, hisses, whatever could most energetically express disapprobation of the lion turned lover.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various