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Definition of Frown
Pronunciation: froun | v. i. | 1. | To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look. | | 2. | To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness. | | v. t. | 1. | To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence. | | n. | 1. | A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stern look; a scowl. | | 2. | Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune. |
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angry look, ban, black look, blackball, categorically reject, color, deprecate, dirty look, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dissent from, exclude, flush, frown at, frown down, frown upon, glare, gloom, glower, gnarl, grimace, grimace at, growl, knit the brow, long face, look askance at, look black, look black upon, look daggers, look down upon, look sullen, lour, lower, make a lip, make a moue, mantle, moue, mow, nasty look, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, offense, oppose, ostracize, pique, pout, protest, redden, reject, reproving look, say no to, scowl, snap, snarl, spit, sulk, take exception to, think ill of, think little of, thumb down, umbrage, view with disfavor, wry face
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