frown

/fraʊn/ verb [I]

Translation

› to make your face show that you are annoyed or worried by moving your eyebrows (= lines of hair above your eyes)

kaşlarını çatmak

She frowned when I mentioned his name.1076

frown on/upon sth phrasal verb

› to think that something is wrong and that you should not do it

muhalefet etmek, tavır almak, hoş karşılamamak

[often passive] Smoking is frowned upon in many public places.1173

(Definition of frown verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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