What (who) is Frown - definition
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.
Frowning; 😦; 🙍; Down-turned mouth; Scowl; 🙁; Sad face; Frowns; Sad Face; ☹️; 🙍🏻; 🙍🏼; 🙍🏽; 🙍🏾; 🙍🏿; 🙍♂️; 🙍🏻♂️; 🙍🏼♂️; 🙍🏽♂️; 🙍🏾♂️; 🙍🏿♂️; 🙍♀️; 🙍🏻♀️; 🙍🏼♀️; 🙍🏽♀️; 🙍🏾♀️; 🙍🏿♀️
![Photographs of frowning and crying children from ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]'' (1872) by [[Charles Darwin]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Illustration The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin.jpg?width=200 "Photographs of frowning and crying children from ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]'' (1872) by [[Charles Darwin]]")
![Illustration of [[facial muscles]] and other tissue of the lateral [[human head]] and [[neck]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lateral head anatomy.jpg?width=200 "Illustration of [[facial muscles]] and other tissue of the lateral [[human head]] and [[neck]]")
frown
v.
1)(D; intr.) to frown at ('to look with displeasure at') (the teacher frowned at the noisy children)
2) (d; intr.) to frown on, upon ('to disapprove of') (they frown on all forms of affection in public)
frown
(frowns, frowning, frowned)
When someone frowns, their eyebrows become drawn together, because they are annoyed, worried, or puzzled, or because they are concentrating.
Nancy shook her head, frowning...
He frowned at her anxiously.
...a frowning man.
VERB: V, V at n, V-ing
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Frown is also a noun.
There was a deep frown on the boy's face.
N-COUNT
Frown
·noun Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.
II. Frown ·noun A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, ·etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.
III. Frown ·vt To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
IV. Frown ·vi To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to Scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
V. Frown ·vi To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to Lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.
Wikipedia
Frown
A frown (also known as a scowl) is 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. The appearance of a frown varies by culture. An alternative usage in North America is thought of as an expression of the mouth. In those cases when used iconically, as with an emoticon, it is entirely presented by the curve of the lips forming a down-open curve. The mouth expression is also commonly referred to in the colloquial English phrase, especially in the United States, to "turn that frown upside down" which indicates changing from sad to happy.
Pronunciation examples for Frown
1. Where did they frown?
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2. "You're doing worse." Frown.
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3. or a frown,
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4. Frown. Yes, perfect.
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5. or a frown.
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Examples of use of Frown
1. I frown at websites, grab a calculator . . . and give up.
2. Related Article Liberals Frown on VAT Cut (Oct. 11, 2005)
3. A frown creeps across al–Zarqawi‘s face as the weapon appears to jam.
4. "We obviously frown upon it and do what we can," university spokesman Joe Wrinn said.
5. I had reminded myself to breathe properly and not to frown so hard.