frowned (at or on)

verb

Definition of frowned (at or on)next
past tense of frown (at or on)
as in disliked

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frowned (at or on)
  1. disliked
  2. revoked
  3. denied
  4. withheld
  5. disallowed
  6. suppressed
  7. restrained
Verb
  • However, family members contested Sharon's narrative, suggesting that both women simply disliked each other.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Most disliked Thanksgiving foods, according to new survey 1.
    Peter Burke, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of disliked
Verb
  • Pensions can be revoked only in cases where the employee has been convicted of a crime related to their employment.
    Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
  • German historian Roland Paul discovered documents showing that when Friedrich later attempted to return to Germany, authorities revoked his citizenship and ordered him to leave the country over his draft evasion.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of revoked
Verb
  • France denied the allegations made in the article in an Instagram video posted on March 8.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Shackled at the hands and feet and wearing an orange jumpsuit with DOC emblazoned on the back, Mangione was escorted by officers out of court after being denied bail.
    John Miller, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of denied
Verb
  • The victim also reported that food had been withheld from her for five days prior to contact with Sheriff’s Deputies.
    Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Boeing has admitted responsibility for the fatal crashes, and that its employees withheld information about the design flaw from the FAA during certification.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of withheld
Verb
  • Forty of those quotes were taken from publishers who’d disallowed OpenAI’s search crawler from accessing their site.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Why was Xavi Simons' goal disallowed?
    New York Times, New York Times, 21 June 2024
Definition of disallowed
Verb
  • But as Daniel Goleman writes in his book Social Intelligence, in a society that puts too much emphasis on individualism, the power of the social brain often gets suppressed and overlooked.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But Google's study, published in Nature, showed that for the first time, errors can be suppressed exponentially as a quantum computer increases in size – a breakthrough that has been pursued in the field for more than 30 years.
    Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • Penny, a passenger on his way from a college class to the gym, grabbed Neely from behind in a chokehold, forced him to the train floor and restrained him there for several minutes.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Penny, a passenger, grabbed Neely from behind in a chokehold, forced him to the train floor and restrained him there for several minutes.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of restrained
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“Frowned (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frowned%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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