Belittle vs Frown - What's the difference?
belittle | frown |
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.
* {{quote-book, year=2006
, author=Mark Steyn
, title=America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It
, chapter=9
, isbn=0895260786
, page=201
, passage=Under the rules as understood by the New York Times'', the West is free to mock and belittle''' its Judeo-Christian inheritance, and, likewise, the Muslim world is free to mock and ' belittle the West's Judeo-Christian inheritance.}}
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.
To have a on one's face.
To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly.
* Shakespeare
To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.
As verbs the difference between belittle and frown
is that belittle is to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is while frown is to have a on one's face.As a noun frown 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.belittle
English
Verb
(belittl)See also
* disparage * denigrate * vilipendfrown
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* permafrownVerb
(en verb)- Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon.
- The sky doth frown and lower upon our army.
- Frown the impudent fellow into silence.