frown upon
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "For example, the people of the Trobriand Islands engage freely in sexual relations before marriage, but premarital pregnancy is strongly frowned upon."
- "However, working from home permanently is increasingly being frowned upon by employers, and therefore people are coming to work two or three days per week."