frown (at or on)

verb

Definition of frown (at or on)next
as in to dislike

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
  1. dislike
  2. refuse
  3. reject
  4. disapprove
  5. deny
  6. deplore
  7. revoke
  8. withhold
Verb
  • Republicans objecting to that measure also disliked the debt ceiling language, and had demanded offsetting spending cuts,.
    Ian Swanson, The Hill, 21 Dec. 2024
  • And while my dad dislikes getting into the water, he’s always been fascinated with marine life, having kept his own vivariums since childhood before working at an aquarium his entire teens and then running his own reptile and tropical fish shop throughout my childhood.
    Alexandra Pereira, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of dislike
Verb
  • President Biden signed a bill into law Saturday that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval after Congress approved a temporary funding plan just past the deadline and refused President-elect Donald Trump’s core debt demands in the package.
    Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • This week, the District Court issued a ruling refusing to grant a stay (☆) (meaning that the injunction stays in place).
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of refuse
Verb
  • Already, staffing at the SSA is at a 50-year low, as House Republicans rejected increasing funding for the agency in the continuing resolution passed in September.
    Marley Jay, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Government shutdown:Donald Trump rejects bipartisan plan to avoid a government shutdown, sets up debt ceiling battle When is the government shutdown deadline?
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of reject
Verb
  • The same poll had 5 in 10 adults disapprove of the decision, with 2 in 10 neither approving or disapproving and the remainder not knowing enough to give a proper response.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Fifty-four percent of people aged 45 and older disapproved, the survey found.
    Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of disapprove
Verb
  • Donald Trump's second inauguration will be a triumphant return for a former president many believed to be permanently barred from Washington four years ago after denying his 2020 election loss.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Trump has denied the affair and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of deny
Verb
  • For Nietzsche, this shift was almost entirely to be deplored.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Such was the case in 1956, when the Egyptian government seized the Suez Canal, prompting military intervention by Israeli, British and French armed forces — a response that Eisenhower deplored.
    W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of deplore
Verb
  • The fact that Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called to bolster support for Ukraine in case Donald Trump revokes U.S. aid is indicative of how Europe and the U.K. anticipate how the Republican's second presidential term will go.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Last week, The New York Times reported that a lawyer for Kennedy who is reviewing candidates for jobs at HHS filed a petition to the Food and Drug Administration in 2022 to revoke approval of the polio vaccine.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of revoke
Verb
  • But what the show ends up doing is withholding empathy for its protagonist, who looks increasingly sociopathic with each death that washes over her.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
  • However, it was found that Nifong withheld the information.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of withhold
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