A frown may express anger or displeasure.
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Frown
//fɹaʊn//
Synonyms for "frown" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesderived
12 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
149 translations across 48 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- frons noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- frons verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκυθρωπάζω verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Arabic
2 entries- عَبَسَ verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- عَقَدَ حَاجِبَيْهُ verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Armenian
3 entries- խոժոռվածություն noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- խոժոռվել verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- հոնքերը կիտել verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Belarusian
4 entries- насу́плівацца verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- насу́піцца verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- нахму́рыцца verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- су́піцца verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Bikol Central
2 entries- murusot noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- murusot verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Bulgarian
3 entries- смръщване noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- мръ́щя се verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- чуме́ря се verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Catalan
2 entries- arrufar el nas verb (to look with disfavour or threateningly)
- arrufar les celles verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 扁嘴 verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- 皺眉頭 /皱眉头 verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 愁眉苦臉 /愁眉苦脸 noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- 皺眉 /皱眉 noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- 皺眉 /皱眉 verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- 蹙眉 verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Czech
2 entries- mračit se verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- zamračit se verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Danish
2 entries- rynke panden verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- skule verb (to look with disfavour or threateningly)
Dutch
2 entries- frons noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- fronsen verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Esperanto
1 entries- malrideto noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
Estonian
2 entries- kulme kortsutama verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- kulmu kortsutama verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Finnish
4 entries- kulmien kurtistus noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- otsan rypistys noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- kurtistaa kulmiaan verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- rypistää otsaansa verb (to have a frown on one's face)
French
2 entries- froncement noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- froncer les sourcils verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Galician
2 entries- enfociñar verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- enfurruñar verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Georgian
2 entries- მოღუშული გარეგნობა noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- წარბის შეკვრა noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
German
4 entries- Flunsch noun (downturn of the corners of the mouth)
- Hängenlassen der Mundwinkel noun (downturn of the corners of the mouth)
- Stirnrunzeln noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- finsterer Blick noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
Greek
2 entries- συνοφρύωση noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- συνοφρυώνομαι verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Hungarian
3 entries- homlokráncolás noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- ráncolja a homlokát verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- ráncolja a szemöldökét verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Icelandic
4 entries- gretta noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- vanþóknunarsvipur noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- ygglibrún noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- hleypa brúnum verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Irish
1 entries- púic noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
Italian
4 entries- accigliamento noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- accigliato noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- corrucciamento noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- corruccio noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
Japanese
1 entries- 顔を顰める verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Korean
2 entries- 눈살을 찌푸리다 verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- 찡그리다 verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Macedonian
4 entries- мр́штење noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- смршту́вање noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- се дури verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- се мр́шти verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Māori
1 entries- kōruru te rae verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- rynke pannen verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- skule verb (to look with disfavour or threateningly)
Persian
3 entries- اخم noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- اخم کردن verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- پیشانی ترش کردن verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Polish
3 entries- zmarszczenie brwi noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- marszczyć brwi verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- zmarszczyć brwi verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Portuguese
3 entries- franzimento noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- fazer cara feia verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- franzir o cenho verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Romanian
2 entries- încruntare noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- încrunta verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Russian
4 entries- насу́пленные бро́ви noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- нахму́ренные бро́ви noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- хму́рый взгляд noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- насу́питься verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mr̀gođēnje noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- mr̀štēnje noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- мр̀гође̄ње noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- мр̀ште̄ње noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
Slovak
2 entries- mračiť sa verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- zamračiť sa verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Slovene
2 entries- mrščiti se verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- namrščiti se verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Sotho
1 entries- sosobana verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Spanish
3 entries- ceño noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- fruncir verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- fruncir el ceño verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Swedish
1 entries- rynka pannan verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Tagalog
4 entries- busangot noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- mungot noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- simangot noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- sumimangot verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Tajik
2 entries- абрӯ чин кардан verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- рӯй турш кардан verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Thai
1 entries- ขมวดคิ้ว noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
Turkish
2 entries- kaç çatma noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- kaşlarını çatmak verb (to have a frown on one's face)
Ukrainian
4 entries- насу́питися verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- насу́плюватися verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- нахму́ритися verb (to have a frown on one's face)
- не схва́лювати verb (to look with disfavour or threateningly)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cau mày noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- chau mày noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
Welsh
4 entries- blwng noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- cadwch noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- cilwg noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
- cuwch noun (wrinkling of the forehead)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The boss seemed to frown on my method.
Source: tatoeba (265857)
I've wondered for a long time why Tom would always stare at me with a frown on his face.
Source: tatoeba (2765364)
Turn that frown upside down.
Source: tatoeba (4679961)
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