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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

frown on en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) To disapprove of (something or someone, often a behavior); to express disapproval of (something or someone).
    • Coach frowns on smoking, even in the off-season.
    • Is it because of her mother? said Lorraine. You think she'd frown on you? 2018, Sally Rooney, “Two Days Later (April 2011)”, in Normal People:
    • The three "Greats" (Great Eastern, Great Central, and Great Northern) were prepared to amalgamate, but Parliament continued to frown on such proposals. 1948 January and February, “British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 2:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frowns on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
frowned on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frowned on Tense=Past lexicographic
frowning on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

frown at · frown upon