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

frowning (at or on)

verb

present participle of frown (at or on)

as in disliking

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The result is not a simple story of locals disliking tourists.

— David Nikel, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
China and Russia are often described as caring deeply about sovereignty and disliking regime change for that reason.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of disliking

Verb

But in its response to the federal lawsuit, the company defended itself in court records, denying some of the allegations.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
The move follows months of public discussion, including an online survey — open through July 15, a community meeting and feedback from the Zoning Commission, which recommended denying the current draft proposal to allow additional review.

— Ken Molestina, CBS News, 14 July 2026

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His administration has increased scrutiny of legal immigration, revoking student visas and green cards of university students over their ideological views and stripping legal status from hundreds of thousands of migrants.

— Doina Chiacu, USA Today, 16 July 2026
The company is reportedly now blocking 23 million spam views and revoking nearly 2 million inauthentic votes per day, while pointing to the community moderators and users that have long played a role in combatting content that violates its rules.

— Cody Luongo, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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For the first time since at least 1974, new homes are selling for less than existing ones, and the culprit is a mix of builders getting generous and sellers refusing to budge.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Lestat uses his songs to analyze his past while refusing to deal with the ongoing reality of his mother’s emotional manipulation and physical abuse.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026

Definition of refusing

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Additional programmable keys can be assigned to common functions such as push-to-talk, sending prompts, or accepting and rejecting code changes.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
One of these, according to Valdés Ugalde, has been rejecting extradition requests for politicians allegedly linked to drug trafficking on the grounds of national sovereignty.

— Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 12 July 2026

Definition of rejecting

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Rubio, meanwhile, came out of the deal with positive reviews from the pro-Israel crowd, who viewed his silence as disapproving of the concessions made in the deal.

— Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
The president’s overall job approval rating sits between 35% and 37%, with roughly 60% of Americans disapproving.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

Definition of disapproving

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At times England were so open and disjointed that Norway could run straight through them, and only the VAR disallowing Torbjorn Heggem’s goal and some brave defending kept England in the game.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Jayed ruled that Waldermar Anton collided with the keeper while the ball was airborne, disallowing the goal.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

Definition of disallowing

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