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Word entry · 5 letters

frown

Best crossword clue

"Unhappy look"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹaʊ̯n/Part of speech verb, nounSorted fnorwStarts with FEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

Word origin

From Middle English frown, froun (“a threatening appearance; lowering of the clouds”), from frounen (“to frown”). See below.

Used in a sentence

  • Philip had once told him of a man who had a horse-shoe frown, and Tom had tried with all his frowning-might to make a horse-shoe on his forehead
  • He encounters some obstacle in his train of reasoning ... and then a frown passes like a shadow over his brow.
  • The smile and the frown are both indicated and the operation of a motor driven flasher causes the face to look happy and sad in turn.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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