frown at

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Verb

frown at (third-person singular simple present frowns at, present participle frowning at, simple past and past participle frowned at)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To disapprove of.

   This town frowns at scandalous behavior.

Synonyms

• frown on
• frown upon

Translations

to disapprove of — see frown upon

Anagrams

• Rowfant, fanwort