meaning of frown
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.
3. To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
4. A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc. ; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.
5. Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.
Related Words
frown | frowned | frowning | frowningly | frowny |
