Frown

Word FROWN
Character 5
Hyphenation frown
Pronunciations /fɹaʊn/

Definitions and meanings of "Frown"

What do we mean by frown?

To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or displeasure. intransitive verb

To regard something with disapproval or distaste. intransitive verb

To express (disapproval, for example) by wrinkling the brow. intransitive verb

A wrinkling of the brow in thought or displeasure; a scowl. noun

To contract the brow as an expression of displeasure or severity, or merely of perplexity, concentrated attention, etc.; put on a stern or surly look; scowl.

To look or act disapprovingly or threateningly; lower: as, to frown upon a scheme.

To repress or repel by an aspect of displeasure; rebuke by a stern or angry look or by severe words or conduct: as, to frown one into silence; to frown down a proposition.

A contraction or wrinkling of the brow expressing displeasure or severity, or merely perplexity, difficult concentration of thought, etc.; a severe or stern look; a scowl. noun

Any expression or show of disapproval or displeasure: as, the frowns of Providence. noun

To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look. transitive verb

A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stern look; a scowl. noun

Any expression of displeasure noun

To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look. intransitive verb

To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower. intransitive verb

A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. noun

To have a frown on one's face. verb

A facial expression of dislike or displeasure noun

Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval verb

A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration.

A facial expression in which the corners of the mouth are pointed down.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Frown

The word "frown" in example sentences

Monarch, that rulest over an hundred states; whose frown is terrible as death, and whose armies cover the land, boast not thyself as though there were none above thee: – God is above thee; ❋ Anna Letitia (1781)

"Anyone vain and foolish enough to have himself or herself injected with a deadly toxin to remove so-called frown lines is a good candidate for a silicone brain implant as well," suggested another. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What could force a frown is the U.S. relationship with Taiwan. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Her frown was a bare flicker, lasting only a fraction of a fraction of a second, but in that instant a hole opened in his chest. ❋ Jim DeFelice (2003)

Her frown was the crossword puzzle, her blinks the baseball scores. ❋ Robbins, Tom (2003)

She smiled and started to play, and then a waitress came in, a young Hispanic woman, and the waitress frowned at us, but under the frown was a laugh, and she raised a finger to her lips as if we were sharing a secret. ❋ Obama, Barack (1995)

Having been the Supreme White Man in some African district for dozens of years before the War, all his hair seems to have got into his eyebrows, and his frown is a terrible thing to see. ❋ Various (N/A)

With the latter a frown is the sign of negation, and with us frowning often accompanies a lateral shake of the head. ❋ Unknown (1898)

THE corrugators, by their contraction, lower the eyebrows and bring them together, producing vertical furrows on the forehead -- that is, a frown. ❋ Unknown (1898)

Her trim little figure was surcharged with a magnetism that thrilled one to the very core; her brown eyes danced ruthlessly through one's most stubborn defences; her smile and her frown were the thermometers by which masculine emotions could be gauged at a glance. ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)

On the whole, rather good-looking when he smiled, but ugly when he frowned; for his frown was a scowl, and betrayed a remarkable power of hating. ❋ Charles Reade (1849)

A frown is the severest punishment they ever need. ❋ Davis, Matthew L (1836)

His frown was a thing perfectly intelligible, but to witness his smile, or rather his effort at one, was to witness an unnatural phenomenon of the most awful kind, and little short of a prodigy. ❋ William Carleton (1831)

Sandford, who was present, looked unusually sour at this high token of regard for Miss Milner; yet, with resentment on his face, he wiped a tear of joy from his eye, for the boy's sake -- his frown was the force of prejudice, his tear the force of nature. ❋ Mrs. Inchbald (1787)

They are called frown-eze I think and I do know that actress Rene Russo ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

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