Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frowning upon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
frown-ing upon
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of frown upon

Questions

What does frowning upon mean?
present participle and gerund of frown upon

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