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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
frown
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a smile/grin/frown on sb’s face
▪ There was a mischievous grin on her face.
▪ He was reading the newspaper with a frown on his face.
a worried frown
▪ Her worried frown deepened.
give a smile/laugh/grin/frown/yawn etc
▪ She gave a little frown.
▪ Joel gave me a smile as I walked in.
▪ He gave her a big hug.
puzzled look/expression/frown etc
▪ Alice read the letter with a puzzled expression on her face.
wear a smile/frown/grin etc
▪ His face wore a welcoming smile.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
slightly
▪ She entered the hall and frowned slightly.
▪ He did not have good fine motor control, holding the pencil awkwardly and frowning slightly as he drew.
▪ He peered through the lens, frowning slightly.
▪ Anna frowned slightly as they rose to leave.
▪ Unconsciously she frowned slightly, determination building up within her like a tangible force.
▪ He placed them in a neat pile, patting them into position with his large hands, frowning slightly.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Mr Bonner frowned and pursed his lips, but said nothing.
▪ Mrs Gold frowned at the children, who were getting mud all over their clothes.
▪ Paul frowned but said nothing.
▪ Sheila saw Al frown as he read the letter.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Dorothea frowned into the mirror above the sink.
▪ He frowned, screwed up his mouth and brushed away the letter.
▪ It must be remembered that if we take two plants frown vegetatively from the same plant, they will also be self-sterile.
▪ No, that wasn't quite true, she corrected herself, frowning.
▪ They have frowned on the extraction of dowries from the parents of brides.
▪ Victorian propriety would have frowned upon such individual excesses.
▪ Well, this was obviously a job for Joanna, but ... She frowned.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
puzzled
▪ The nun's forehead creased into a puzzled frown.
▪ As she scanned the titles Polly's brows contracted in a puzzled frown.
▪ Daak was unusually restrained, standing behind Ace with a hand on her shoulder and a puzzled frown on his face.
▪ Robyn slowed the jeep with a puzzled frown, considering.
▪ William got up from his chair at the workbench and went over to open up with a puzzled frown.
slight
▪ There was only a very slight frown on her brow when Fernando went inside to bring out the paella.
▪ Bethany poised over the bed, a slight abstract frown clouding her face.
▪ He looks up at her inquiringly and she looks away with another slight frown.
▪ No visible sign, except a slight frown.
▪ He is looking at me with a slight frown, disconcerted by something about me, ready to be embarrassed.
▪ Then she waited with a slight frown on her pale white face, as if she might learn something by waiting.
▪ She stirred, a slight frown creasing her forehead, but her face relaxed again, and became peaceful.
worried
▪ There was just that constant tiny worried frown between her brows to show the strain.
▪ Tension showed in the tight line of Amelie's mouth, the worried frown between her eyes and her new thinness.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ If she does not, there will be frowns and sharp words and life will not be nearly so pleasant for her.
▪ Instantly, you are treated to the Archer frown of disapproval.
▪ Janir glanced at me, and I managed a frown.
▪ Micky's brow corrugated in a simian frown.
▪ The woman looked at Hicks with a sensitive frown.
▪ Toni said, looking up and seeing the frown still there.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Frown

Frown \Frown\, v. t. To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.

Frown

Frown \Frown\, n.

  1. A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stern look; a scowl.

    His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
    --Prior.

    Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.
    --H. Coleridge.

  2. Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.

Frown

Frown \Frown\ (froun), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frowned (fround); p. pr. & vb. n. Frowning.] [OF. froignier, F. frogner, in se refrogner, se renfrogner, to knit the brow, to frown; perh. of Teutonic origin; cf. It. in frigno wrinkled, frowning, Prov. It. frignare to cringe the face, to make a wry face, dial. Sw. fryna to make a wry face,]

  1. To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.

    The frowning wrinkle of her brow.
    --Shak.

  2. To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.

    The sky doth frown and lower upon our army.
    --Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
frown

"contract the brows as an expression of displeasure," late 14c., from Old French frognier "to frown or scowl, snort, turn up one's nose" (preserved in Modern French refrogner), related to froigne "scowling look," probably from Gaulish *frogna "nostril" (compare Welsh ffroen "nose"), with a sense of "snort," or perhaps "haughty grimace." Figurative transitive sense "look with displeasure" is from 1570s. Related: Frowned; frowning.

frown

1580s, from frown (v.).

Wiktionary
frown

n. A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To have a #Noun on one's face. 2 (context intransitive English) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly. 3 (context transitive English) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.

WordNet
frown

n. a facial expression of dislike or displeasure [syn: scowl]

frown

v. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval [syn: glower, lour, lower]

Wikipedia
Frown

A frown (also known as a scowl) is a facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. The appearance of a frown varies by culture. Although most technical definitions define it as a wrinkling of the brow, in North America it is primarily thought of as an expression of the mouth. In those cases when used iconically, as with an emoticon, it is entirely presented by the curve of the lips forming a down-open curve. The mouth expression is also commonly referred to in the colloquial English phrase "turn that frown upside down" which indicates changing from sad to happy.

Usage examples of "frown".

His brother looked wearied, and his frown only deepened as Agro spoke to him.

To Amphionic music on some Cape sublime, Which frowns above the idle foam of Time.

I pulled onto Amsonia Lane and rumbled toward home, where we frown on interspecies propagation.

She frowned at her watch, evidently deciding that the quickest way to be rid of Andi was to begrudge her a few minutes.

Nom Anor frowned at this, uncomprehending, until a thick twist of black, greasy-looking smoke drifted through the image.

Dark, slashing eyebrows clashed in a frown over the bridge of his nose as Antonio hoped to stave off bad news.

He looked unenthusiastically round the room, and ended up gazing, with a frown, at an apex standing in one corner of the hall, talking to a group of uniformed apices perched on stoolseats around him.

I put Logan in a wheelbarrow and pushed him back up the farm lane to get more apples, frowning and chewing my tongue as I went.

There they sat, still and solemn as the judges of the Areopagus, not relieving the cruel tension by the faintest indication of a smile or a frown.

Rosy recognised as she frowned down at the faded Aubusson rug on the floor.

And frowns and fears from thee, Would not more swiftly flee Than Celtic wolves from the Ausonian shepherds.

And Balder too, the bloodless god looked down On me with frowning glances full of threats.

As Sir Leicester basks in his library and dozes over his newspaper, is there no influence in the house to startle him, not to say to make the very trees at Chesney Wold fling up their knotted arms, the very portraits frown, the very armour stir?

Irritably he noticed that Benjy was still hovering in the hall, so he frowned his piss-off-and-leave-us-alone frown.

Kane frowned slightly and continued to examine the bloodstone ring speculatively.