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frown on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. frown on, frown uponverb

    look disapprovingly upon

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  1. frown on

    To "frown on" something means to disapprove of, discourage or show dissatisfaction or displeasure towards a particular behavior, action, decision, or situation. It usually implies a moral or societal judgment.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of frown on in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of frown on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of frown on in a Sentence

  1. Stu Strachan:

    I think some traditions value originality more than others. That being said, if you get a ghost writer, I think most pastors would heavily frown on it, however, from a practical money perspective, that’s not something a lot of pastors can do. The average church congregation in the US is around 100 people, and the funds simply are n’t there to pay someone to do that work for you.

  2. Charles Hendrickson Brower:

    A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.


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  • मुँह फेर लेनाHindi

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