Frown definition
Any expression of displeasure or disapproval.
noun
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.
noun
(now rare) To silence, subdue, etc. with a disapproving look.
verb
The definition of a frown is a facial expression indicating displeasure by drawing the brows together and turning the lips downward.
An example of frown is the face you make when you are unhappy about something.
noun
(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.
verb
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(intransitive) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly.
Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon.
verb
To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.
Frown the impudent fellow into silence.
verb
To express (disapproval, for example) by wrinkling the brow.
verb
To regard something with disapproval or distaste.
Frowned on the use of so much salt in the food.
verb
To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or displeasure.
verb
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A wrinkling of the brow in thought or displeasure; a scowl.
noun
To frown is defined as to disapprove of something or to make a face indicating disapproval by turning down the corners of your mouth and furrowing your brow.
An example of frown is when drinking is discouraged.
An example of frown is making an expression of displeasure.
verb
To express (disapproval, disgust, etc.) by frowning.
verb
To contract the brows and lower the corners of the mouth, as in displeasure, sternness, or concentration.
verb
A facial expression conveying displeasure, sternness, or concentration, and consisting typically of a contracting of the brows and a lowering of the corners of the mouth.
noun
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To look with displeasure or disapproval (on or upon)
verb
Origin of frown
- Middle English frounen from Old French froigner to turn up one's nose from frogne grimace of Gaulish origin Welsh ffroen nostril and Old Irish srón nose
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French frognier (“to frown or scowl”), from Gaulish frogna (“nostril”).
From Wiktionary