frown on

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frown on someone or something

to disapprove of someone or something; to show displeasure or disapproval of someone or something. The Internal Revenue Service frowns on tax cheaters. Aunt Clara always seemed to frown on my cousin for some reason.

See also: frown

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I presume it is the better part of wisdom that we bow to our fate with as good grace as possible, Dejah Thoris; but I hope, nevertheless, that I may be present the next time that any Martian, green, red, pink, or violet, has the temerity to even so much as frown on you, my princess. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context For hours and hours he would pace the room with a frown on his face and a brooding silence on his lips. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context Sophia (who though naturally all winning sweetness could when occasions demanded it call forth the Dignity of her sex) instantly put on a most forbidding look, and darting an angry frown on the undaunted culprit, demanded in a haughty tone of voice "Wherefore her retirement was thus insolently broken in on? Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context			from the sublime to the ridiculous From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step from the top from the word go from the year dot from there to here from this day on from time immemorial from time to time from tip to toe from top to bottom from top to toe from way back front front for front off front on front some amount of money front-runner frost frost over frosted froth up frown frown at frown on fruit fruitcake fruition fruits of labor fry fry up frye fuck fuck around fuck like bunnies fuck up fuck with Fuck you! fudge factor fuel fuel up full full as a tick full blast full of full of crap full of holes full of hot air full of it full of oneself			Froude, William froufrou Frounce Frounce Frounceless FROUP Frouzy Frova Frovatriptan Frovatriptan succinate frow frow frow froward froward froward frowardly frowardly frowardly frowardness frowardness frowardness Frower Frowey frown frown frown frown frown at frown line frown on Frown on Face frown upon frown upon frowned frowned frowned on Frowned Upon frowner frowner frowney Frownie Frownie frowning frowning frowning frowning on frowning upon frowningly frowningly frowningly frowns frowns frowns on frowns upon Frowny Frowny frows frows frowsier frowsiest

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