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frown

  [froun]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
2. to look displeased; have an angry look.
3. to view with disapproval; look disapprovingly (usually fol. by on or upon): to frown upon a scheme.
–verb (used with object)
4. to express by a frown: to frown one's displeasure.
5. to force or shame with a disapproving frown: to frown someone into silence.
–noun
6. a frowning look; scowl.
7. any expression or show of disapproval: a tax bill that received Congressional frowns.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME frounen < OF froignier, deriv. of froigne surly expression, prob. < Gaulish *frognā; cf. Welsh ffroen, OBreton fron nostril, OIr srón nose < Celtic *srognā or *sroknā

Related forms:
frowner, noun
frown⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. glower, lower, gloom.
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Word Origin & History

frown  (v.)
c.1395, from O.Fr. froignier "to frown or scowl, snort," related to frongne "scowling look," probably from Gaulish *frogna "nostril" (cf. Welsh ffroen "nose"), with a sense of "snort," or perhaps "haughty grimace." The noun is from 1581.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

frown on

Regard with disapproval or distaste, as in Pat frowns on bad language. this idiom transfers the disapproving facial expression to the thought it expresses. [Late 1500s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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