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Frown   /fraʊn/   Listen
Frown

noun
1.
A facial expression of dislike or displeasure.  Synonym: scowl.
verb
(past & past part. frowned; pres. part. frowning)
1.
Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.  Synonyms: glower, lour, lower.



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"Frown" Quotes from Famous Books



... from me? am I then a thing To be despised and cast aside by thee? Oh! while to every one I fondly cling And follow all, will no one follow me? Oh! if it comes to this, dear girl, no more Shalt thou have cause upon my suit to frown; I'll serve no writs again; from me secure, John Doe may run at leisure up and down, Come to my arms, but do not weep the less, Thou art the last I'll ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 23, 1841 • Various

... walking, And the rain comes pouring down, Will it clear off any sooner Because you scold and frown? And wouldn't it be nicer For you to smile than pout, And so make sunshine in the house When ...
— The Beacon Second Reader • James H. Fassett

... could not see any cause for anger either when the matter was presented to him in this light, and he began to frown very fiercely at the courtiers who had so ...
— The Blue Fairy Book • Various

... very well for Jack to frown dissent. Jill was inclined to think that the truest wisdom lay in getting the old gentleman out of the way before her father's return, and so escape with one scolding instead of two. She raised her eyebrows, and mouthed the dumb question, "Will you tell?" while ...
— Betty Trevor • Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey

... crimps," she said, again; "and my ruffle is basted in wrong side out, and altogether I'm got up a la furieuse!" But she laughed before she had done scolding, catching sight of her own exaggerated little frown in the distorting glass, that was unable, with all its malice, to spoil the bright young face when it came ...
— A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney


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