frown
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /fɹaʊn/
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.
- A facial expression in which the corners of the mouth are pointed down.
- French: froncement
- German: finsterer Blick, Stirnrunzeln
- Italian: accigliato, accigliamento, corruccio, corrucciamento
- Portuguese: franzimento
- Russian: нахму́ренные бро́ви
- Spanish: ceño
frown (frowns, present participle frowning; past and past participle frowned)
- (intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.
- She frowned when I told her the news.
- (intransitive, figurative) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly.
- Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene iii]:
- The sky doth frown and lower upon our army.
- (transitive) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.
- Let us frown the impudent fellow into silence.
- (transitive) To communicate by frowning.
- Frank frowned his displeasure with my proposal.
- French: froncer les sourcils
- German: die Stirn runzeln, runzeln
- Italian: accigliarsi, corrucciarsi, imbronciare, immusonire, risentirsi, imbronciarsi
- Portuguese: fazer cara feia, franzir o cenho
- Russian: хму́риться
- Spanish: fruncir el ceño
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