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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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frown   (froun)   
v.   frowned, frown·ing, frowns

v.   intr.

  1. To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or displeasure.

  2. To regard something with disapproval or distaste: frowned on the use of so much salt in the food.

v.   tr.
To express (disapproval, for example) by wrinkling the brow.
n.  A wrinkling of the brow in thought or displeasure; a scowl.

[Middle English frounen, from Old French froigner, to turn up one's nose, from frogne, grimace, of Celtic origin.]
frown'er n., frown'ing·ly adv.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to contract the brows in displeasure: frowns when he is annoyed; glowered upon being interrupted; lowering at the noisy child; scowled at my suggestion.
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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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