frown

[Frown]

If you frown at someone, you look at them with disapproval, and if you frown on something they do, you don't approve of that either. Because you frown on smoking, you probably frown at smokers too!

...

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

Noun
a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

Verb
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one''s forehead, as if to signal disapproval


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

v. i.
To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.

v. t.
To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.

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

n.
Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.


Frown

Frown , v. i. [imp. &, p. p. Frowned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frowning.] [OF. froignier, F. frogner, in se refrogner, se renfrogner, to knit the brow, to frown; perh. of Teutonic origin; cf. It. in frigno wrinkled, frowning, Prov. It. frignare to cringe the face, to make a wry face, dial. Sw. fryna to make a wry face,] 1. To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
The frowning wrinkle of her brow.
2. To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.
The sky doth frown and lower upon our army.

Frown

Frown, v. t. To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.

Frown

Frown, n. 1. A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.
His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.
2. Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.

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

To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.

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

...

Usage Examples

Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too bad, what more do you need?

Misspelled Form

frown, dfrown, rfrown, tfrown, gfrown, vfrown, cfrown, drown, rrown, trown, grown, vrown, crown, fdrown, frrown, ftrown, fgrown, fvrown, fcrown, ferown, f4rown, f5rown, ftrown, ffrown, feown, f4own, f5own, ftown, ffown, freown, fr4own, fr5own, frtown, frfown, friown, fr9own, fr0own, frpown, frlown, friwn, fr9wn, fr0wn, frpwn, frlwn, froiwn, fro9wn, fro0wn, fropwn, frolwn, froqwn, fro2wn, fro3wn, froewn, froawn, froswn, froqn, fro2n, fro3n, froen, froan, frosn, frowqn, frow2n, frow3n, frowen, frowan, frowsn, frowbn, frowhn, frowjn, frowmn, frow n, frowb, frowh, frowj, frowm, frow , frownb, frownh, frownj, frownm, frown .

Other Usage Examples

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

Comments


Browse Dictionary