as in disapprovals
refusal to accept as right or desirable
fans showed their displeasure by loudly booing the umpire
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Noun
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Majority disapprovals were recorded among the remaining topics − all of which have dominated headlines in the last several months.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026 -
To some extent the attention that CRA’s get makes makes sense, as these disapprovals tend to zero in on some of the most prominent recent regulatory activity.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Shared activities like watching a common television show can help promote high relationship satisfaction by providing an opportunity to connect while exploring each other’s likes and dislikes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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The trailer alone has roughly 18,000 dislikes, compared with just 767 likes, meaning 96% of those who rated the video gave it a thumbs down.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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In some ways it was set up to fail from the moment those infamous quotation marks around the title were revealed; an attempt by Fennell to get ahead of the very criticisms that have been published this week.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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Similar criticisms arose when the board made its last appointment — District 7 member Alex Arroyo, who in early 2025 replaced former board member Monica Silva after she was elected Kane County coroner.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Displeasures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displeasures. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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