frown
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French frognier (“to frown or scowl”), from Gaulish frogna (“nostril”).
Noun[edit]
frown (plural frowns)
- 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[edit]
facial expression
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Verb[edit]
frown (third-person singular simple present frowns, present participle frowning, simple past and past participle frowned)
- (intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.
- (intransitive) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly.
- Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon.
- Shakespeare
- The sky doth frown and lower upon our army.
- (transitive) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.
- Frown the impudent fellow into silence.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to have a frown on one's face
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Welsh[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frown
- Mutated form of brown.
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
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| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| brown | frown | mrown | unchanged |
