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Meaning Of Frown

  1. v. i.
    To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
  2. v. i.
    To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.
  3. v. t.
    To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
  4. n.
    A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.
  5. n.
    Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.



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