APPROBATORY Antonyms

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• containing warning of punishment

• expressive of low opinion

• expressing or manifesting disapproval

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• characterized by enmity or ill will

• not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

• troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

• impossible to bring into friendly accord

• very unfavorable to life or growth

• unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)

• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

• a reply of denial

• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

• less than zero

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

• having a negative charge

• involving disadvantage or harm

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

• causing disapproval or protest

• liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to

• being in opposition or having an opponent

• characterized by active hostility

• expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

• relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)

• able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

• impervious to being affected

• disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

• incapable of absorbing or mixing with

• showing or representing unfavorably

• tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage

• not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor

• not encouraging or approving or pleasing

• (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose

• involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness

• not sympathetic or disposed toward

• (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

• not having an open mind

• lacking in sympathy and kindness

• not agreeing with your tastes or expectations

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally