frown
verb/fraʊn/
/fraʊn/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they frown | /fraʊn/ /fraʊn/ |
| he / she / it frowns | /fraʊnz/ /fraʊnz/ |
| past simple frowned | /fraʊnd/ /fraʊnd/ |
| past participle frowned | /fraʊnd/ /fraʊnd/ |
| -ing form frowning | /ˈfraʊnɪŋ/ /ˈfraʊnɪŋ/ |
- to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear on your forehead
- frown (at somebody/something) What are you frowning at me for?
- She frowned with concentration.
- + speech ‘I don't understand,’ she frowned.
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec1- He frowned with annoyance.
- He looked at the coded message, frowning in concentration.
- She studied the letter, frowning thoughtfully.
- By then the customer was frowning impatiently.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- darkly
- deeply
- heavily
- …
- at
- in
- with
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French froignier, from froigne ‘surly look’, of Celtic origin.Definitions on the go
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