| not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional or impassive |
| a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: |
approbation (ˌæprəˈbeɪʃən) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | commendation; praise |
| 2. | official recognition or approval |
| 3. | an obsolete word for proof |
| 'approbative | |
| —adj | |
| 'approbatory | |
| —adj | |