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FROWN ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frown on mean? 

FROWN ON (verb)
  The verb FROWN ON has 1 sense:

1. look disapprovingly uponplay

  Familiarity information: FROWN ON used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FROWN ON (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Look disapprovingly upon

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

frown on; frown upon

Hypernyms (to "frown on" is one way to...):

disapprove (consider bad or wrong)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


He made no immediate reply, but eyed her all over intently with a set frown on his face.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Nothing followed for a time, but the remark had set us all on the alert, straining ears and eyes—the musketeers with their pieces balanced in their hands, the captain out in the middle of the block house with his mouth very tight and a frown on his face.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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