Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To disapprove of.

    This town frowns at scandalous behavior.

Examples

19 sentences

  1. Tom frowned at Mary.

    Том насупився на Мері.

    ruТом неодобрительно посмотрел на Мэри.

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  2. I couldn't understand why she frowned at him.

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  3. Tom couldn't understand why Mary frowned at him.

    ruТом не мог понять, почему Мэри на него хмурится.

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  4. He took off his glasses and frowned at the nurse.

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  5. The two children, who had been fighting, sat frowning at each other.

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Forms

frowns at, frowning at, frowned at, frowned at
Base formfrown at · to frown at
3rd person singularfrowns at
Present participlefrowning at
Past simplefrowned at
Past participlefrowned at

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfrown at
he, she, itfrowns at

Past simpleLesson

all personsfrowned at

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave frowned at
he, she, ithas frowned at

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill frown at

Synonyms

2 synonyms
frown onfrown upon

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
frothyfrownfructosefrugalB2frugalityfrugally
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