frown on

1. 1.

   look disapprovingly upon

   Synonymsfrown upon

   Broaderdisapprove

Questions about frown on

What does frown on mean?

frown on means "look disapprovingly upon".

What is another word for frown on?

Close synonyms include frown upon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frown on a common word?

frown on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.