eyebrow
eyebrow
Definition
eye·brow (-bro̵u′)
raise an eyebrow
or lift an eyebrowto appear or feel skeptical, surprised, mildly scandalized, etc.
eyebrow
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- raise: I wish I could see the raising eyebrows of some of you now.
- pluck: Luke was too busy getting his eyebrows plucked to join in.
- arch: I think they lived next door to you. ' She arches an eyebrow to give me a once over.
- lift: I mention this because a fair number of British anglers tend to lift the left eyebrow when you talk of trout in Spain.
- shape: It's always a good idea would be to get your eyebrows shaped by a professional first.
- draw: When drawing the eyebrow, use the bone above the eye socket as a guide for the shape of the eyebrow.
Adjective modifier
- bushy: He pointed to a scar above his right eye cutting a crooked path through his bushy eyebrow.
- quizzical: And hadn't they raised a quizzical eyebrow the second?
- arched: Look at the powerful, arched eyebrows, which are stern without being severe.
- skeptical: A few skeptical eyebrows were raised when Sven revealed his squad strangely written on the backs of children.
- thick: McGinty, who had been watching him narrowly, raised his thick black eyebrows.
- few: The results are likely to raise a few eyebrows.
Modifies a noun
- dormer: The dormer sides ( cheeks ) are built up from the existing roof rafters, even for the gently styled eyebrow dormer.
- pencil: I think a lot better than eyebrow pencil which can look harsh.
- shape: Duration: 30 minutes Price: £ 19.00 Eyebrow Wax Starting with a consultation with the beauty therapist on a suitable eyebrow shape.
- movement: Jumping on it and dancing I did the semaphore and eyebrow movement that had immortalized the famous actor.
- ridge: The cranium is opened with a horizontal division an inch above the eyebrow ridges.
- line: The male skull tends to have a ridge of bone above the eyebrow line.
Preposition: in
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