frowny

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English

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Etymology

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From frown +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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frowny (comparative frownier, superlative frowniest)

  1. (informal or childish) Frowning.
    She made a frowny face.
    • 1895, Percival Pollard, chapter V, in The Cape of Storms[1], page 75:
      [] the black-and-white splendor of our men, as well as the fur-decked rosiness of our women, is only enhanced by contrast against the frowny murkings of the sky.
    • 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
      He was always very frowny when the doorbell rang in the middle of Bible reading []

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Noun

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frowny (plural frownies)

  1. Short for frowny face.