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Once, when I was very young, I read something about someone making a "disappreciative moue". I loved that expression, never forgot it, and used it in a novel. My editor suggests I change it to "disappoving moue". I feel it's not quite the same thing, and I kind of love "disappreciative". But I don't want to make a fool of myself. I've actually never again heard the word disappreciative -- so I'm wondering.
To add context -- the character in question also reads the expression "disappreciative moue", loves it, and want to use it in a story she is writing...
What you think? (ETA: in the subject I've written "disappreciating" because I couldn't remember if the orginal was -ive or -ing. But I think it was -ive.
To add context -- the character in question also reads the expression "disappreciative moue", loves it, and want to use it in a story she is writing...
What you think? (ETA: in the subject I've written "disappreciating" because I couldn't remember if the orginal was -ive or -ing. But I think it was -ive.
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