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Definition of Frown on
1. Verb. Look disapprovingly upon.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frown On
Literary usage of Frown on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"In either case, due professional dignity should frown on public exhibitions of
strong wills making sport over human weakness. Respectfully, Boston, November ..."
2. Auld Lang Syne by Friedrich Max Müller (1898)
"... had a right to frown on him, but against such calumnies as were heaped on him
by envy, hatred, and malice, it is well to remember some of his last ..."
3. Outing (1893)
"... has for one like yourself, who professes never to worship at the shrine of
soulless beauty," Miss Leighton answered, with a frown on her animated face. ..."
4. The Metropolitan (1844)
"... So let the world frown on—not thou ! And the world takes me at my word, And
flees us like a frighted hird ; Most aptly reading in our looks A scorn its ..."
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