FROWN UPON

Meaning of FROWN UPON in English

or frown on

If something is frowned upon or is frowned on people disapprove of it.

This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful...

Many teachers frown on such practices.

PHRASAL VERB : be V-ed P , V P n (not pron)

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

FROWN UPON — or frown on If something is frowned upon or is frowned on people disapprove of it. This practice is frowned …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FROWN UPON — {v. phr.} To look with disfavor upon somebody or something. * /Everybody in her family frowns upon her attachment to …
Slang English vocab
FROWN UPON — {v. phr.} To look with disfavor upon somebody or something. * /Everybody in her family frowns upon her attachment to …
Словарь английских идиом
FROWN UPON — v. phr. To look with disfavor upon somebody or something. Everybody in her family frowns upon her attachment to him.
American Idioms English vocabulary
FROWN UPON — осуждать The government frowns on any waste of taxpayers' money. ≈ Правительство осуждает бессмысленные растраты денег налогоплательщиков.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FROWN UPON — осуждать The government frowns on any waste of taxpayers' money.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FROWN UPON — - frown on
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FROWN UPON — = frown on
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FROWN UPON — - frown on
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FROWN UPON — осуждать The government frowns on any waste of taxpayers' money.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FROWN UPON — осуждать The government frowns on any waste of taxpayers' money.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FROWN UPON — осуждать The government frowns on any waste of taxpayers' money. ≈ Правительство осуждает бессмысленные растраты денег налогоплательщиков.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UPON — sur; concernent(e), pri. IMMEDIATELY ~: che, a
English interlingue dictionary
UPON — diha
English-Visayan vocabulary
UPON — I. preposition Date: 12th century on , II. adverb Date: 13th century on the surface ; on it, thereafter , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPON — I. ə|pȯn, ə|pän, ə(|)pən sometimes ˌə|p- preposition Etymology: Middle English uppon, upon, from uppe & up up + on, preposition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FROWN — I. ˈfrau̇n verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English frounen, from Middle French froigner, frogner to snort, turn up one's …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPON — (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Английский словарь Webster
FROWN — (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent …
Английский словарь Webster
UPON — ( prep. ) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FROWN — ( v. t. ) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — /euh pon", euh pawn"/ , prep. 1. up and on; upward so as to get or be on: He climbed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FROWN — — frowner , n. — frowningly , adv. /frown/ , v.i. 1. to contract the brow, as in displeasure or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — prep. on, atop
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPON — I. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän preposition Date: 12th century : on II. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän adverb Date: 13th century 1. obsolete : on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FROWN — I. ˈfrau̇n verb Etymology: Middle English frounen, from Middle French frogner to snort, frown, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPON — prep on; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster English vocab
FROWN — noun any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of providence; the frowns of fortune. 2. frown ·noun a wrinkling of …
Webster English vocab
UPON — ■ preposition more formal term for on . Origin ME: from up + on , suggested by ON upp á …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FROWN — [frown] vb [ME frounen, fr. MF froigner to snort, frown, of Celt origin; akin to W ffroen nostril, OIr sron …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UPON — upon BrE AmE ə ˈpɒn AmE \ ə ˈpɑːn -ˈpɔːn —There is also an occasional weak form əp ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FROWN — frown BrE AmE fraʊn ▷ frowned fraʊnd ▷ frowner/s ˈfraʊn ə/z AmE \ - ə r/z ▷ frowning/ly ˈfraʊn ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPON — / əˈpɒn; NAmE əˈpɑːn/ preposition 1. ( formal , especially BrE ) = on : The decision was based upon …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FROWN — / fraʊn; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb frown (at sb/sth) to make a serious, angry or worried expression …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — up ‧ on S2 W1 /əˈpɒn $ əˈpɑːn/ BrE AmE preposition formal [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: up + on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FROWN — I. frown 1 /fraʊn/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: froignier ] to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FROWN — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. wrinkle one's brows, esp. in displeasure or deep thought. 2 intr. (foll. by at, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FROWN — v. & n. v. 1 intr. wrinkle one's brows, esp. in displeasure or deep thought. 2 intr. (foll. by at, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FROWN — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. wrinkle one's brows, esp. in displeasure or deep thought. 2 intr. (foll. by at, …
Oxford English vocab
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FROWN — ( frowns, frowning, frowned) When someone frowns , their eyebrows become drawn together, because they are annoyed, worried, or puzzled, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FROWN — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) When someone ~s, their eyebrows become drawn together, because they are annoyed, worried, or puzzled, or because …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPON — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES border on/upon obsession (= be almost as extreme as an obsession ) ▪ Sometimes his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FROWN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a smile/grin/frown on sb’s face ▪ There was a mischievous grin on her face. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — preposition [slightly formal] - onThere was nothing upon the table but a few old plates.Upon her head she wore a …
Cambridge English vocab
FROWN — [verb] [I] - to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes to …
Cambridge English vocab
UPON — Synonyms and related words : about, above, after which, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FROWN — Synonyms and related words : angry look, ban, black look, blackball, categorically reject, color, deprecate, dirty look, disallow, disapprove, disapprove …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FROWN — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , heavy ▪ faint , little , slight , small , tiny ▪ confused , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UPON — • ↑ on/upon receipt of
Longman Activator English vocab
FROWN — v. 1 scowl, glower, glare, knit one's brows, grimace, give a dirty look, Brit lour or lower, US lower Don't …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UPON — {v. phr.} To latch onto. * /Whenever Herb is in a romantic mood, Irene seizes on it and starts talking …
Словарь английских идиом
UPON — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) = on 1. = on (часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведенных ниже, употребляется …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FROWN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UPON — upon.ogg əʹpɒn prep 1. = on II ( часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведённых ниже, употребляется чаще, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FROWN
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UPON — на dissocaite upon heating — диссоциировать при нагреве let us apply one triangle upon another — наложим один треугольник на другой touch upon …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
UPON — с upon my Sam! sl. - честное слово! work upon - влиять (на что-л.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FROWN — сдвинутые брови; хмурый взгляд; выражение неодобрения хмурить брови; смотреть неодобрительно (at, on, upon - на); насупиться to frown on smth. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
UPON — prep 1. = on II ( часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведённых ниже, употребляется чаще, чем on) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FROWN
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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