frowned (at or on)

past tense of frown (at or on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for frowned (at or on)
Verb
  • The statement here seemed to be that more people disliked the new branding than the number of people who were fond of the new version.
    Jess Collen, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • These were people Jason disliked.
    Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In March, Gabbard revoked security clearances for former Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and former national security adviser Jake Sullivan, along with other Biden administration officials.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2025
  • He’s been convicted of speeding nine times, driving after his license was revoked twice and once each for careless driving and failing to drive with due care.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her lawsuit denied the charges but did not provide more details.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The doctor spent more than 1,300 days incarcerated while repeatedly denied bail.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the second release, CNN published maintenance records showing problems with closing doors that were also withheld.
    Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In Laredo, according to the women, the guards regularly withheld food and medicine.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • She was discovered by a photographer in the lobby of a modeling agency that had just rejected her.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Neither Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin nor the camp representing star forward Kirill Kaprizov are saying much after the team’s potentially history-making first contract offer was reportedly rejected.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the friendship fell apart earlier this year when Farage refused to echo Musk’s support for Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), who was previously jailed for being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • After handling raw chicken, an employee refused to wash his hands in the handwashing sink, instead of the prep sink.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Presumably, all of Moore's clients were audited, had these phantom losses disallowed, and ended up paying the harsh 40% penalty for lack of economic substance.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Video refereeing was used 39 times on the first day of the season, with one red card being corrected and three goals disallowed for offside.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Air defenses downed or suppressed 52 drones, the air force said, with the missile and six drones impacting across three locations.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Although Canon had mandated that the Cat's programmability be suppressed, the IAI team nevertheless maintained the ability to compute expressions, which Canon permitted as an extension of the editor metaphor.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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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 17 Sep. 2025.

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