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"text": "Baiting fish is not illegal in this state, but strongly frowned upon.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1962 September, Warren Smith, “The problems of coaching stock rostering and operation”, in Modern Railways, page 193",
"text": "Regular passengers become familiar with their train and attempts to change its make-up or any other aspect of its working are more often than not frowned upon, even though the change is probably for the better.",
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}
],
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"To disapprove of."
],
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],
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"(transitive) To disapprove of."
],
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"word": "frown on"
},
{
"word": "frown at"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "qınamaq"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "paheksua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "désapprouver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "réprouver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "ne pas voir d’un très bon œil"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "voir d’un mauvais œil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "missbilligen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "verpönen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "unbeliebt sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "nicht gutheißen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "líta á með vanþóknun"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "indispettire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "disapprovare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "corrucciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "corrucciarsi"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "desaprovar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "torcer o nariz"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osuždatʹ",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "осуждать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poricatʹ",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "порицать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "desaprobar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "estar mal visto"
}
]
}
],
"word": "frown upon"
}
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{
"form": "frowned upon",
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},
{
"ref": "1962 September, Warren Smith, “The problems of coaching stock rostering and operation”, in Modern Railways, page 193",
"text": "Regular passengers become familiar with their train and attempts to change its make-up or any other aspect of its working are more often than not frowned upon, even though the change is probably for the better.",
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}
],
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"To disapprove of."
],
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],
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"(transitive) To disapprove of."
],
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"transitive"
]
}
],
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"word": "frown on"
},
{
"word": "frown at"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "qınamaq"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "paheksua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "désapprouver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "réprouver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "ne pas voir d’un très bon œil"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "voir d’un mauvais œil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "missbilligen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "verpönen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "unbeliebt sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "nicht gutheißen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "líta á með vanþóknun"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "indispettire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "disapprovare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "corrucciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "corrucciarsi"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "desaprovar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "torcer o nariz"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osuždatʹ",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "осуждать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poricatʹ",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "порицать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "desaprobar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "facial expression",
"word": "estar mal visto"
}
],
"word": "frown upon"
}
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