Preposition: of

• practice: Did the church fathers approve or disapprove of this practice?

• way: I'm sure the average Westerner would disapprove of the way that Saudi's regard their women.

• relationship: However, some Greek societies strongly disapproved of sexual relationships between men of the same age.

Object

• look: The disapproving look of Jenny Cotten suggests it is not a good idea.

• voice: There are some disapproving voices among the PGA tour however.

• parent: All of the parents disapproved of the current test.

Modifying Another Word

• strongly: James, like his father, was a Tory who strongly disapproved of parliamentary reform.

• thoroughly: I'm sure that Waring, a notoriously reclusive figure, would have thoroughly disapproved of this.

• totally: As my family again totally disapproved, we left Ireland, and came to live in the UK.

• generally: Public opinion, however, generally disapproved of polygynous unions.

• also: Needless to say, this sound is also disapproved of by violin teachers.