Frown vs Frowy - What's the difference?
frown | frowy |
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 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.As a verb frown
is to have a frown on one's face.As an adjective frowy is
musty, rancid.frown
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.