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Definition of Frown

1. Noun. A facial expression of dislike or displeasure.

2. Verb. Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.

Definition of Frown

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

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

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

Definition of Frown

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To have a frown on one's face. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frown

1. to contract the brow in displeasure [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frown

frouzier frouziest frouzy frover frow froward frowardly frowardness frowardnesses frowards

frower frowey frowie frowier frowiest frown (current term) frown at frown line frown on frown upon

frowned frowner frowners frownest frowneth frownier frowniest frowning frowningly frowns

Literary usage of Frown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Twenty-ninth Division, "Blue and Gray," 1917-1919 by John Abram Cutchins, George Scott Stewart (1921)
"HFPvt.lol.Sup.Co. 114 Inf. frown. KBPvt.Bky.Co.SOO. frown. KBPvt.Co. ... G.Bn. frown, REPrt.Co.ClM Am. Tr. frown.RJPvt.lcl.Co. ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"Render them not reviling for revile ; But, if they frown, I pr'ythee on them smile : Perhaps 'tis nature, or some ill report, Has made them thus despise or ..."

3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"They spake ; but Pallas wrathful frown'd, unmoved. And, whilst the matrons and their queen made prayer, Hector had gain'd the shining palace, ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"He disdained to profess himself the servant of an assembly that detested his person and trembled at his frown ; he issued his commands, where his request ..."

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