frown
/ˈfɹaʊ̯n/ verb C2- To have a frown on one's face. · She frowned when I told her the news.
- To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly. · Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon.
- To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look. · Let us frown the impudent fellow into silence.
- To communicate by frowning. · Frank frowned his displeasure with my proposal.
He/she/it frowns · Past frowned · Past participle frowned · -ing form frowning
Verb forms
- Base form
- frown
- He/she/it
- frowns
- Past
- frowned
- Past participle
- frowned
- -ing form
- frowning
From the library
“I beg your pardon!” said the Mouse, frowning, but very politely: “Did you speak?”
Alice looked up, and there stood the Queen in front of them, with her arms folded, frowning like a thunderstorm.
“Well, if I must, I must,” the King said, with a melancholy air, and, after folding his arms and frowning at the cook till his eyes were nearly out of sight, he said in a deep voice, “What are tarts made of?”
They were just beginning to write this down on their slates, when the White Rabbit interrupted: “_Un_important, your Majesty means, of course,” he said in a very respectful tone, but frowning and making faces at him as he spoke.
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