they disapprove of my behaviour
81prima donna — [[t]pri͟ːmə dɒ̱nə[/t]] prima donnas 1) N COUNT A prima donna is the main female singer in an opera. Her career began as prima donna with the Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a prima donna, you… …
82wonder — [[t]wʌ̱ndə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ wonders, wondering, wondered 1) VERB If you wonder about something, you think about it, either because it interests you and you want to know more about it, or because you are worried or suspicious about it. [V wh] I wondered …
83worm — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)m[/t]] worms, worming, wormed 1) N COUNT A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs. 2) N PLURAL If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines. 3) VERB If you worm an animal, you give… …
84Kingsley Amis — Infobox Writer name = Sir Kingsley Amis birthname = Kingsley William Amis birthdate = birth date|1922|4|16 birthplace = Clapham, South London, England deathdate = death date and age|1995|10|22|1922|4|16 deathplace = London, England occupation =… …
85Mrs Grundy — For the Archie Comics character, see Miss Grundy. Mrs Grundy is the name of an imaginary English character, who typifies the disciplinary control of the conventional proprieties of society over conduct, the tyrannical pressure of the opinion of… …
86disgrace — [[t]dɪsgre͟ɪs[/t]] disgraces, disgracing, disgraced 1) N UNCOUNT: oft in N (emphasis) If you say that someone is in disgrace, you are emphasizing that other people disapprove of them and do not respect them because of something that they have… …
87disgraceful — [[t]dɪsgre͟ɪsfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ that (disapproval) If you say that something such as behaviour or a situation is disgraceful, you disapprove of it strongly, and feel that the person or people responsible should be ashamed of… …
88strait-laced — also straight laced, straitlaced ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as strait laced, you disapprove of them because they have very strict views about what kind of behaviour is moral or acceptable. He was criticised for being boring …
89voyeuristic — [[t]vwa͟ɪ͟ərɪ̱stɪk, AM vɔ͟ɪ [/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Voyeuristic behaviour involves getting sexual pleasure from secretly watching other people having sex or taking their clothes off. 2) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone s behaviour as… …
90Sexual ethics — is a category of ethics that pertain to acts falling within the broad spectrum of human sexual behavior, sexual intercourse in particular. Broadly speaking questions of sexual ethics can be organized into issues related to consent, issues related …
