frowny

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

frown +‎ -y

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

frowny (comparative frownier, superlative frowniest)

  1. (informal or childish) Frowning.
    • 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:
      He was always very frowny when the doorbell rang in the middle of Bible reading […]
    She made a frowny face.

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

frowny (plural frownies)

  1. Short for frowny face.
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