frown (at or on)

verb

Definition of frown (at or on)next
as in to dislike

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
  1. dislike
  2. refuse
  3. reject
  4. disapprove
  5. deny
  6. deplore
  7. revoke
  8. withhold
Verb
  • Marte dislikes being used as a DH, preferring to play the field, but came around to doing it when the team needed him to.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Many workers dread their annual performance reviews—but one company’s management team dislikes them just as much as their employees.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of dislike
Verb
  • The most memorable productions may have involved classics of one kind or another, but these works were reborn in stagings that refused to play it safe.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • China has labeled Lai a separatist and refuses to engage in dialogue with him, further increasing hostilities.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of refuse
Verb
  • In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder, or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
    HALELUYA HADERO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Syria's government has rejected reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus as insurgents opposing his regime continue their lightning offensive.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of reject
Verb
  • The health care industry enjoyed a brief spike in popularity during the pandemic, but its approval rating as measured by Gallup has fallen back to 31 percent, with 51 percent disapproving.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But in this week's poll, those numbers were exactly reversed: 64 percent of Democrats approved of the pardon, and 21 percent disapproved.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of disapprove
Verb
  • Donald Trump's second inauguration will be a triumphant return for a former president many believed to be permanently barred from Washington four years ago after denying his 2020 election loss.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, Diddy's reps once again denied the allegations.
    Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of deny
Verb
  • Such was the case in 1956, when the Egyptian government seized the Suez Canal, prompting military intervention by Israeli, British and French armed forces — a response that Eisenhower deplored.
    W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Authentic liberals and conservatives should not deplore the Supreme Court’s long-overdue diminution of juristocracy and the imperial presidency.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
Definition of deplore
Verb
  • Both Trump and Vice-President elect JD Vance have suggested scaling back or even revoking some legal avenues for immigration, leaving even some with legal status feeling in limbo.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • His medical license was revoked in late November 2023 — nearly two years after he was first charged.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of revoke
Verb
  • The outgoing congressman ends his 24-year tenure in the House with a reputation as a chief antagonist to President-elect Donald Trump, leading the first House impeachment involving withholding aid to Ukraine in return for investigations of Hunter Biden.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Honea said the name was being withheld because possible associates were being interviewed.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of withhold
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