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Frown
Definitions
- 1 A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.
"Philip had once told him of a man who had a horse-shoe frown, and Tom had tried with all his frowning-might to make a horse-shoe on his forehead"
- 2 a facial expression of dislike or displeasure wordnet
- 3 A downturn of the corners of the mouth, typically expressing sadness. Canada, US
"The smile and the frown are both indicated and the operation of a motor driven flasher causes the face to look happy and sad in turn."
- 4 Any facial expression that indicates disapproval or displeasure.
- 1 To have a frown on one's face. intransitive
"She frowned when I told her the news."
- 2 look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval wordnet
- 3 To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly. figuratively, intransitive
"Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon."
- 4 To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look. transitive
"Let us frown the impudent fellow into silence."
- 5 To communicate by frowning. transitive
"Frank frowned his displeasure with my proposal."
Etymology
From Middle English frown, froun (“a threatening appearance; lowering of the clouds”), from frounen (“to frown”). See below.
From Middle English frounen (“to frown as an expression of disapproval, displeasure, shame, fear, or jealousy”), from Old French frognier (“to frown or scowl”), from Gaulish *frognā (“nostril”), from Proto-Celtic *srognā.
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