FROWN (AT OR ON) Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

frown (at or on)

verb

Definition of frown (at or on)

as in to dislike

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But even those people who dislike the very existence of private schools in big cities would be hard-pressed to make the case that the entire sector collectively makes up a torture chamber.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Then there could be optical disruption in which the quantum dots emit specific wavelengths of light under ambient conditions that insects instinctively dislike.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of dislike

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Overeem also recalls being released after refusing a 50% pay cut, highlighting a lack of personal relationship with White.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Cornyn and Tillis had refused to back Blanche’s bid for the permanent post without official confirmation killing the fund meant to compensate people who believe they were unfairly prosecuted by the Justice Department.

— Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of refuse

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The family’s case was rejected — despite being first and second generation, and despite Pedro Monasterios and his children having been recognized as citizens just a few years earlier.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Recently, the Pulaski County Quorum Court rejected a measure that would have established a 12-month moratorium on new data centers within unincorporated areas of the county.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of reject

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Bryan Wenter, a land use lawyer from HSW, LLP, asserted that the project cannot be lawfully disapproved.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Now look, there is nothing wrong with opposing the Ellisons or disapproving of changes over this past year at CBS News.

— Chris Wallace, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of disapprove

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On July 8, a federal judge in Manhattan denied Kalshi's bid to block New York's regulators, holding the state's gambling laws are not preempted as applied to sports contracts.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Miller has denied all wrongdoing and claimed to never have abused his ex-wife or their child.

— Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of deny

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Dissenting judges agreed, noting the law banning children at drag shows was passed amid questionable attempts by Florida officials to revoke liquor licenses from venues hosting them.

— Ana Goni Lessan, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
While those surgeries were canceled, the cases made headlines several years ago, prompting a spike in people around the country revoking their organ donor registrations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of revoke

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Pirro now accuses he Interior Department of misleading prosecutors on key facts, including that the Department withheld evidence that the lining had begun to peel within two days of the project’s completion.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026
Two Republican senators are withholding their support for Blanche due to the Department of Justice's deal with the president to end his IRS lawsuit.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 July 2026

Definition of withhold

Verb

Each of these societies deplored and ridiculed the other.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Just as hedgehogs deplore foxes for a lack of theoretical ambition, foxes spend their time screaming at hedgehogs for missing this or that eloquent detail.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026

Definition of deplore

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