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frowning at

frowning at is the present participle and gerund of frown at.

Meaning of frown at

Verb

frown at (third-person singular simple present frowns at, present participle frowning at, simple past and past participle frowned at)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To disapprove of.
    • This town frowns at scandalous behavior.
    Synonyms:
    frown on, frown upon

Questions about frowning at

What is frowning at the present participle and gerund of?
Frowning at is the present participle and gerund of frown at.

Words near frowning at in the dictionary

  1. frownier
  2. frownies
  3. frowniest
  4. frownin'
  5. frowning
  6. frowning at
  7. frowning on
  8. frowning upon
  9. frowningly
  10. frownings
  11. frownless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frowning at (page history and authors); frown at (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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