Frown vs Frow - What's the difference?
frown | frow |
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.
A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
As nouns the difference between frown and frow
is that 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 while frow is a woman; a wife, especially a dutch or german one or frow can be or frow can be a cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.As a verb frown
is to have a on one's face.As an adjective frow is
(obsolete) brittle.frown
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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.
Derived terms
* frown at * frown on * frown uponfrow
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
- (Halliwell)
