Frown
[fraʊn]
Definition
(noun.) a facial expression of dislike or displeasure.
(verb.) look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
Checked by Lilith--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Edited by Francine
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Scowl, look stern.
n. Scowl, stern look.
Typist: Tito
Definition
v.i. to wrinkle the brow as in anger: to look angry.—v.t. to repel by a frown.—n. a wrinkling or contraction of the brow in displeasure &c.: a stern look.—adj. Frown′ing gloomy.—adv. Frown′ingly.
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Examples
- Sir Percival looked up with a frown and an oath. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- If you would be so kind, said Eunice, vacating her seat at the piano, which action brought a frown to the face of her watchful mother. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As he took a chair himself, he supplied the link that Mr. Lorry wanted, by saying to him with a frown, Witness at that trial. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The man mastered himself with a violent effort, and his grim mouth loosened into a false laugh, which was more menacing than his frown. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I see it in her cheek, her smile, her vain attempt to frown. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He first laughed at my words, and then frowned at them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Again he pursed up his lips and frowned a little. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He frowned impatiently. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mr Dorrit frowned, and looked anything but pleased. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr. Pickwick happened to be looking another way at the moment, so her Ladyship nodded her head towards him, and frowned expressively. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Gradgrind frowned, and waved off the objectionable calling with his hand. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Sir Percival frowned, stamped angrily on the floor, and walked on into the house, taking no notice of anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Don't be like Patience on a mantelpiece frowning at Dolls, but sit down, and I'll tell you something that you really will find amusing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When they passed a prison of the State, they kept far from its frowning walls, and looked up at its bars, and spoke in whispers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The mulatto maid called Mrs. Lovell Mingott into the hall, and the latter came back in a moment with a frowning brow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Now, Ben, let me tell the story straight on, as mother told it us, said Letty, frowning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Drat that boy, interposed my sister, frowning at me over her work, what a questioner he is. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- How rude you look, pushing and frowning, as if you wanted to conquer with your elbows! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You could not live in London, I suppose, said Mrs Dengelton, frowning on Eunice, who was talking in a quiet tone to Crispin. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But though Peggotty's eye wanders, she is much offended if mine does, and frowns to me, as I stand upon the seat, that I am to look at the clergyman. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In vain did poor Prude practise her infallible awe-inspiring frowns! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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