~ (at sb/sth) to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your EYEBROWS closer together so that lines appear on your forehead:
[V] What are you frowning at me for? * She frowned with concentration. [also Vspeech]
PHRASALVERBS
frown on / upon sb/sth to disapprove of sb/sth:
In her family, any expression of feeling was frowned upon.
noun [usuallysing.] a serious, angry or worried expression on a person's face that causes lines on their forehead:
A small frown creased her forehead. * She looked up with a puzzled frown on her face. * a slight frown of disapproval / concentration
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for frown is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is frown a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, frown is tagged as verb.
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