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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Not everyone, however, disliked the mother-of-two's homemaking show.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 15 July 2026
This might disturb the moths, which dislike light and movement, and help begin eradication measures.

— Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026

Definition of dislike

Verb

Vehicle stops can be inherently fraught and unpredictable, with the person behind the wheel in control of thousands of pounds of steel that can pose great risk should a driver refuse to comply or simply panic and flee.

— Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
There was more talk of hitting a provisional, but Spieth refused.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of refuse

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What’s troubling to me, besides the obvious, is the insistence on finding a way to continue to eat animals if your body starts to reject them.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Energy and shipping companies have loudly rejected a similar idea from Iran, under which ships would pay a toll in order to pass through the critical waterway.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 13 July 2026

Definition of reject

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Classical studies majors will surely be aghast at how the likes of Zeus and Poseidon are sublimated into social mores and choppy waves (just as Zendaya fans might rage at how her disapproving Athena only cameos as Odysseus’ invisible friend).

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
Less than 30% of respondents over that age disapproved of such policies.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

Definition of disapprove

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Along with denying the request from the Carr brothers, Kelly last month denied a clemency request for Olathe serial killer John Robinson.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
He also was denied medical treatment despite developing infections and other health complications while imprisoned.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of deny

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Censorship occurs when the government tries to revoke the green cards of people whose views its biggest donors would prefer not to hear.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Instead, Judge Kiley Stuchlik, of Idaho’s 3rd Judicial District, on Tuesday revoked Andrea Renee Shaw’s $2 million bond — leaving the young mother behind bars.

— Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026

Definition of revoke

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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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