Frown

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Verb

 * 1)  To have a frown on one's face.

Adjectives for Frown
ominous; ireful; discontented; blackening; mournful; rumorous; bitter; puzzled; chilling; feudal; gloomy; sternest; habitual; steady; churlish; crusty; fastidious; gathering; old-fashioned; restrained; drunken; petulant; searching; angry; pedantic; unfeeling; charming; fleeting; deep-furrowed.

Verbs for Frown
assume—; blemish with—; contract in—; cringe before—; disclose—; display—; form—; incur—; observe—; overcome—; perceive—; rebuke with—; relax—; suppress—; wrinkle into—; —belies; —commands; —corrugates; —creases; —deters; —expresses; —intimidates; —punishes; —reprimands; —terrorizes.

Adverbs for Frown
sullenly; belligerently; blackly; wiathfully; inauspiciously; reprovingly; dismally; majestically; ferociously; austerely; ominously; mournfully; bitterly; sternly; habitually; churlishly; petulantly; uncongenially.

Thesaurus
angry look, ban, black look, blackball, categorically reject, color, deprecate, dirty look, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dissent from, exclude, flush, frown at, frown down, frown upon, glare, gloom, glower, gnarl, grimace, grimace at, growl, knit the brow, long face, look askance at, look black, look black upon, look daggers, look down upon, look sullen, lour, lower, make a lip, make a moue, mantle, moue, mow, nasty look, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, offense, oppose, ostracize, pique, pout, protest, redden, reject, reproving look, say no to, scowl, snap, snarl, spit, sulk, take exception to, think ill of, think little of, thumb down, umbrage, view with disfavor, wry face

Derived terms

 * frown at
 * frown on
 * frown upon

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Bosnian: mrštenje, mrgođenje
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 愁眉苦臉, 愁眉苦脸
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: otsan rypistys, kulmakarvat kurtistus
 * Georgian: მოღუშული გარეგნობა, წარბის შეკვრა
 * German: finsterer Blick
 * Greek: συνοφρύωση (synophrýosi)
 * Icelandic:, ygglibrún,  vanþóknunarsvipur
 * Icelandic:, ygglibrún,  vanþóknunarsvipur


 * Italian:
 * Polish: zmarszczenie brwi
 * Russian: нахмуренные брови, насупленные брови, хмурый взгляд
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мрштење, мргођење
 * Roman: mrštenje, mrgođenje
 * Spanish: ceño
 * Spanish: ceño

Verb

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: عبس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 皺眉, 皱眉, 蹙額, 蹙额, 蹙眉
 * Czech: mračit se
 * Estonian: kulmu kortsutama, kulme kortsutama
 * Finnish: rypistää otsaansa, kurtistaa kulmiaan
 * French: froncer les sourcils
 * German: die Stirn runzeln, runzeln
 * Icelandic: hnykla brýnnar, hleypa brúnum,  yggla sig


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 顔を顰める
 * Polish: marszczyć brwi
 * Portuguese: fazer cara feia, franzir o cenho
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: хмуриться, нахмуриться
 * Slovak: mračiť sa
 * Sotho: sosobana
 * Swedish: Rynka pannan


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 看不慣, 看不惯
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Russian: выражать неодобрение, выразить неодобрение , насупиться , надуться
 * Spanish: fruncir el ceño