frown

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɹaʊn/

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  Rhymes: -aʊn

Etymology

From Old French frognier (“to frown or scowl”), from Gaulish frogna (“nostril”).

Noun

frown (plural frowns)

1. 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.

Translations

facial expression

Afrikaans: frons (af) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: mrštenje, mrgođenje Chinese: Mandarin: 愁眉苦臉 (zh), 愁眉苦脸 (zh) (chóuméikǔliǎn) Dutch: fronsen (nl) Finnish: otsan rypistys, kulmakarvojen (fi) kurtistus (fi) French: froncement (fr) Georgian: მოღუშული გარეგნობა (ka) (moḡušuli garegnoba), წარბის შეკვრა (ka) (carbis šekvra) German: finsterer Blick Greek: συνοφρύωση f. (synophrýosi) Icelandic: gretta (is), ygglibrún (is), vanþóknunarsvipur (is)

Italian: accigliato (it) m. Lojban: frumu (jbo) Polish: zmarszczenie brwi Romanian: încruntare (ro) f. Russian: нахмуренные брови (ru) (naxmúrennyje bróvi) f. pl., насупленные брови (ru) (nasúplennyje bróvi) f. pl., хмурый взгляд (ru) (xmúryj vzgljad) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мр̀ште̄ње (sh) n., мр̀гође̄ње (sh) n. Roman: mr̀štēnje (sh) n., mr̀gođēnje (sh) n. Spanish: ceño m. Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Verb

frown (third-person singular simple present frowns, present participle frowning, simple past and past participle frowned)

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

Derived terms

• frown at
• frown on
• frown upon

Translations

to have a frown on one's face

Afrikaans: frons (af) Arabic: عبس (ar) (3ábasa) Chinese: Mandarin: 皺眉 (zh), 皱眉 (zh) (zhòuméi), 蹙額 (zh), 蹙额 (zh) (cù'é), 蹙眉 (zh) (cùméi) Czech: mračit se Dutch: fronsen (nl) Estonian: kulmu kortsutama (et), kulme kortsutama (et) Finnish: rypistää otsaansa, kurtistaa kulmiaan French: froncer les sourcils (fr) German: die Stirn runzeln (de), runzeln (de) Icelandic: hnykla brýnnar (is), hleypa brúnum (is), yggla sig (is)

Italian: accigliarsi (it), corrucciarsi (it) Japanese: 顔を顰める (ja) (かおをしかめる, kao-o shikameru) Polish: marszczyć brwi Portuguese: fazer cara feia, franzir o cenho Romanian: încrunta (ro) Russian: хмуриться (ru) (xmúrit’sja) impf., нахмуриться (ru) (naxmúrit’sja) pf. Slovak: mračiť sa (sk) Sotho: sosobana (st) Swedish: Rynka pannan (sv)

to express disapproval

Chinese: Mandarin: 看不慣 (zh), 看不惯 (zh) (kànbuguàn) Finnish: paheksua (fi) Italian: minacciare (it)

Russian: выражать неодобрение (ru) (vyražát’ neodobrénije) impf., выразить неодобрение (ru) (výrazit’ neodobrénije) pf., насупиться (ru) (nasúpit’sja) pf., надуться (ru) (nadút’sja) pf. Spanish: fruncir el ceño (es)

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French: râler (fr)

German: finster dreinblicken (1), missbilligen (2) Spanish: fruncir (es) (1)