frown on

Verb

Meaning

look disapprovingly upon

Source: WordNet

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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow. Ovid

I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on any method. Willem Dafoe

I am often lost in my own world, with a frown on my face. Hayley Atwell

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