frownn.

Brit.

/fraʊn/, U.S.

/fraʊn/

Etymology: < frown v.; but compare the equivalent Old French froigne.

1. A wrinkled aspect of the brow; a look expressive of disapprobation or severity, occasionally of deep thought or perplexity. Also, the habit of frowning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion

mowc1330

mopa1475

mocks and mows1508

murgeons?a1513

face1533

smile1550

smilet1591

mump1592

ruffle1602

frown1608

stitcha1625

grimace1651

grimask1671

simagre1680

moppet1693

distortion1718

throw1790

rictus1827

mug1844

monkey-face1939

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > frowning or scowling > a frown or scowl

loura1400

scowl?a1513

gloom1596

frown1608

glout1641

dirty look1928

stink eye1962

bitch face1969

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 184 You are too much a late it'h frowne .

1625 J. Mede Let. 2 July in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 206 With one frown, divers of us being at White Hall to see her..she drave us all out of the Chamber.

1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 253. ⁋8 May a Man knit his Forehead into a Frown.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. i. 5 His brow in manly frowns was knit.

1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory III. i. 3 The lawyer..walked away from his wife with a frown upon his face.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals ix. 223 He encounters some obstacle in his train of reasoning..and then a frown passes like a shadow over his brow.

figurative.1783 W. Mason tr. C. A. Dufresnoy Art of Painting 341 Beneath the frown of angry Heav'n..The guilty Empire sunk.1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 122 Ere darkness shroud you in a deeper frown.

2. A manifestation of disapprobation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by facial expression

frown1581

raised eyebrow1847

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions v. 27 Dissuaded from the worse, by misliking and frowne.

a1627 J. Beaumont Avson. Idyll. 16 in Bosworth-field (1629) 56 Peruerting crimes he checkes with angry frownes.

1721–2 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1838) I. i. ii. §2. 112/1 To this no answer was given, but frowns.

1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. iii. 110 The Father's Frowns are a Part of Correction.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 205 He tried the effects of frowns and menaces. Frowns and menaces failed.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. ix. 140 Ralegh..was still..under the frown of his royal mistress.

Derivatives

ˈfrownful adj. full of frowns.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adjective] > frowning or scowling

louring13..

felonc1374

frowningc1386

glumming1526

glum1547

scowling1552

dark1593

frowned1598

black1604

glouting1641

frownful1771

black-browed1792

brow-bent1796

frownya1861

afrown1869

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted

writhen?a1425

girning1447

mowinga1529

writhed1568

mumping1594

antic1595

frowned1598

screwed1609

sour1611

wreathed1645

fluish1674

working1717

screwed-up1728

frownful1771

grimacing1804

quirked1931

1771 J. Langhorne Laurel & Reed 52 The murderer's burning cheek to hide, And on his frownful temples die.

ˈfrownless adj. devoid of frowns.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > devoid of frowns

frownless1890

1890 Universal Rev. 15 June 262 Planted with virtues, frownless gravity And sober elegance.

ˈfrowny adj. having a habit of frowning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]

flatc1400

hardc1400

low-cheeredc1400

large?a1425

ruscledc1440

well-visagedc1440

platter-faced1533

well-faced1534

full-faced1543

fair-faced1553

bright-faceda1560

crab-faced1563

crab-snouted1563

crab-tree-faced1563

long-visaged1584

owlya1586

wainscot-faced1588

flaberkin1592

rough-hewn1593

angel-faced1594

round-faced1594

crab-favoured1596

rugged1596

weasel-faced1596

rough-faced1598

half-faced1600

chitty1601

lenten-faced1604

broad-faced1607

dog-faced1607

weaselled-faced1607

wry-faced1607

maid-faced1610

warp-faced1611

ill-faceda1616

lean-faceda1616

old-faceda1616

moon-faced1619

monkey-faced1620

chitty-face1622

chitty-faceda1627

lean-chapt1629

antic-faced1635

bloat-faced1638

bacon-facea1640

blue-faced1640

hatchet-faced1648

grave1650

lean-jawed1679

smock-faced1684

lean-visaged1686

flaber1687

baby-faced1692

splatter-faced1707

chubby1722

puggy1722

block-faced1751

haggard-looking1756

long-faced1762

haggardly1763

fresh-faced1766

dough-faced1773

pudding-faced1777

baby-featured1780

fat-faced1782

haggard1787

weazen-face1794

keen1798

ferret-like1801

lean-cheeked1812

mulberry-faced1812

open-faced1813

open-countenanced1819

chiselled1821

hatchety1821

misfeatured1822

terse1824

weazen-faced1824

mahogany-faced1825

clock-faced1827

sharp1832

sensual1833

beef-faced1838

weaselly1838

ferret-faced1840

sensuous1843

rat-faced1844

recedent1849

neat-faced1850

cherubimical1854

pinch-faced1859

cherubic1860

frownya1861

receding1866

weak1882

misfeaturing1885

platopic1885

platyopic1885

pro-opic1885

wind-splitting1890

falcon-face1891

blunt-featured1916

bun-faced1927

fish-faced1963

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adjective] > frowning or scowling

louring13..

felonc1374

frowningc1386

glumming1526

glum1547

scowling1552

dark1593

frowned1598

black1604

glouting1641

frownful1771

black-browed1792

brow-bent1796

frownya1861

afrown1869

a1861 Sir F. Palgrave in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

frownv.

Brit.

/fraʊn/, U.S.

/fraʊn/

Forms: Middle English–1500s froun(e, (Middle English frownyn), 1500s–1600s frowne, Middle English– frown.

Etymology: Middle English froune, < Old French froignier, frongnier (modern French only in the compound refrogner), of obscure origin.

a. intransitive. To knit the brows, especially by way of expressing displeasure or (less frequently) concentration of thought; to look sternly. Said also of the brow. †Also (rarely), to sneer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (intransitive)] > frown or scowl

lourc1290

scowl1340

frownc1386

glouta1400

gloomc1400

gluma1500

lump1577

to knit, bend one's brows1600

caperate1623

glower1775

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [verb (intransitive)] > contract or relax

frownc1386

frounce1532

to knit, bend one's brows1600

gather1816

knit1816

furrow1937

c1386 [implied in: G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 300 And eke whan I say ya, ye say not nay, Neither by word ne frouning countenance: Swere this, and here I swere our alliance. (at frowning adj. a)].

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 17 Wiche ought of resone the devise to excuse To alle tho that wold ageyn it ffroune or musee.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 181/1 Frownyn wythe the nose, nasio.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 69 He frowned in this wise & bote on his lippe a grete while.

1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Sabrine xxix When Fortune most doth smile: Then will she froune: she laughes but euen a while.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E^v Fortunes browe hath frown'd, Euen to the vtmost wrinkle it can bend.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 106 He ended frowning, and his look denounc'd Desperate revenge.

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) Portrait in Wks. (1821) II. 4 She frowns no goddess, and she moves no queen.

1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. ii. xii. 203 Had I been your father, I should have taken alarm, and frowned.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals ix. 223 A man who joined us, and who could not conceive what we were doing, when asked to listen, frowned much, though not in an ill temper.

b. Of inanimate things: To present a gloomy or threatening aspect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > present gloomy or depressing aspect

scowl1587

frown1642

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten [verb (intransitive)] > have threatening aspect

loura1593

frown1642

beetle1858

loom1875

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 118 They saw the times to frowne and trouble to come.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 480 And will you not bee in the like fear, when the Heavens frown above you?

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 5 And though rough rocks or gloomy summits frown.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 2 And sometimes frowned with forests of gloomy pine.

1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church i. 7 That wild architecture, whose gigantic stones..are still to be seen frowning upon the plains of Stonehenge.

1855 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon II. xv. 283 The cannon of the Prussians frowned along the rugged eminences of their left.

1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral i. 9 A rude Saxon temple may have frowned down from the height above the Thames.

a. To express disapprobation or unfriendliness by a stern look. Const. at, on, upon. Also in indirect passive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by facial expression or look

frown1576

squint1652

1576 A. Fleming tr. Conradus Celtis in Panoplie Epist. 395 You are not the first upon whom fortune hath frowned.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 194 I frowne vpon him; yet hee loues mee still.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. iv. 13 Much were wee frowned at by the Dominicans our chiefest friends.

1709 Tatler No. 24 Frontlet not only looks serious, but frowns at him.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. vi. 218 Montoni frowned upon him.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 152 That they should be..frowned upon at Kensington for not going farther.

b. attributed to inanimate objects.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 6 The heauens with that we haue in hand, are angry, And frowne vpon's.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 32 Robat and Sallee seem to frown at each other across this fine river.

3. quasi-transitive.

a. To drive or force with a frown away, back, down, off; also from, into (something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of > by facial expression > drive or force by

frown1678

sneer1737

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (transitive)] > frown or scowl at > drive or force with frown or scowl

scowl1667

frown1678

1678 J. Dryden All for Love ii. 17 Ventidius fixt his eyes upon my passage, Severely, as he meant to frown me back.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 315 Despairing Wretch, he'll frown thee from his Throne.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. iii. 53 Nor should such an enquiring Temper be frown'd into Silence.

1805 H. K. White Let. 27 June in Remains (1807) I. 164 The fear of singularity frowns me into the concealment of it.

1805 Ld. Byron To Dorset v Peace, that reflection never frown'd away.

1806 N. Webster in Scudder Life (1882) vi. 231 I will be neither frowned nor ridiculed into error.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. xxii. 263 You would not frown a great person like Lady Delville into affection for us.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ii. 247 And the cold black country seemed to frown him off.

1870 J. B. Brown First Princ. Eccl. Truth 261 A new order of society in which..judges [should] no more frown down the poor.

b. To enforce, express, produce, etc. by a frown.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (transitive)] > distort

wringa1300

fleer?a1400

writhec1425

cringe1594

screw1601

scringe1608

grin1681

to screw up1692

prim1707

frown1775

wring1806

wreathe1813

squinch1840

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (transitive)] > frown or scowl at > express by frowning or scowling

lour1746

scowl1757

frown1775

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals Epil. She smiles preferment, or she frowns disgrace.

1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 25 518 Among us, however, the present statue of the prophet would seem to frown restraint on levity and mirth.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe ii. 71 In 1861 the Schreckhorn..still frowned defiance upon all comers.

Derivatives

† frowned adj. Obsolete covered with a frown; made to look frowning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adjective] > frowning or scowling

louring13..

felonc1374

frowningc1386

glumming1526

glum1547

scowling1552

dark1593

frowned1598

black1604

glouting1641

frownful1771

black-browed1792

brow-bent1796

frownya1861

afrown1869

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted

writhen?a1425

girning1447

mowinga1529

writhed1568

mumping1594

antic1595

frowned1598

screwed1609

sour1611

wreathed1645

fluish1674

working1717

screwed-up1728

frownful1771

grimacing1804

quirked1931

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inarcato, a frowned or scouled countenance.

ˈfrowner n. one who frowns.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > one who is displeased

frowner1630

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > one who disapproves > one expressing disapproval by face

frowner1630

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > frowning or scowling > one who frowns or scowls

frowner1630

scowler1858

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 249 Such..friends or acquaintance, as are neither Timists nor Timonists, Fawners nor Frowners.

a1763 J. Byrom Christ among Doctors 10 That meek old Priest, with placid Face of Joy, That Pharisaic Frowner at the Boy.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals ix. 223 Some persons are such habitual frowners that the mere effort of speaking almost always causes their brows to contract.

1892 Idler June 590 A handful of frowners against thirty million laughers!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frown
释义	frownn. Brit. /fraʊn/, U.S. /fraʊn/ Etymology: < frown v.; but compare the equivalent Old French froigne. 1. A wrinkled aspect of the brow; a look expressive of disapprobation or severity, occasionally of deep thought or perplexity. Also, the habit of frowning. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion mowc1330 mopa1475 mocks and mows1508 murgeons?a1513 face1533 smile1550 smilet1591 mump1592 ruffle1602 frown1608 stitcha1625 grimace1651 grimask1671 simagre1680 moppet1693 distortion1718 throw1790 rictus1827 mug1844 monkey-face1939 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > frowning or scowling > a frown or scowl loura1400 scowl?a1513 gloom1596 frown1608 glout1641 dirty look1928 stink eye1962 bitch face1969 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 184 You are too much a late it'h frowne . View more context for this quotation 1625 J. Mede Let. 2 July in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 206 With one frown, divers of us being at White Hall to see her..she drave us all out of the Chamber. 1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 253. ⁋8 May a Man knit his Forehead into a Frown. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. i. 5 His brow in manly frowns was knit. 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory III. i. 3 The lawyer..walked away from his wife with a frown upon his face. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals ix. 223 He encounters some obstacle in his train of reasoning..and then a frown passes like a shadow over his brow. figurative.1783 W. Mason tr. C. A. Dufresnoy Art of Painting 341 Beneath the frown of angry Heav'n..The guilty Empire sunk.1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 122 Ere darkness shroud you in a deeper frown. 2. A manifestation of disapprobation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by facial expression frown1581 raised eyebrow1847 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions v. 27 Dissuaded from the worse, by misliking and frowne. a1627 J. Beaumont Avson. Idyll. 16 in Bosworth-field (1629) 56 Peruerting crimes he checkes with angry frownes. 1721–2 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1838) I. i. ii. §2. 112/1 To this no answer was given, but frowns. 1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. iii. 110 The Father's Frowns are a Part of Correction. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 205 He tried the effects of frowns and menaces. Frowns and menaces failed. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. ix. 140 Ralegh..was still..under the frown of his royal mistress. Derivatives ˈfrownful adj. full of frowns. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adjective] > frowning or scowling louring13.. felonc1374 frowningc1386 glumming1526 glum1547 scowling1552 dark1593 frowned1598 black1604 glouting1641 frownful1771 black-browed1792 brow-bent1796 frownya1861 afrown1869 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted writhen?a1425 girning1447 mowinga1529 writhed1568 mumping1594 antic1595 frowned1598 screwed1609 sour1611 wreathed1645 fluish1674 working1717 screwed-up1728 frownful1771 grimacing1804 quirked1931 1771 J. Langhorne Laurel & Reed 52 The murderer's burning cheek to hide, And on his frownful temples die. ˈfrownless adj. devoid of frowns. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > devoid of frowns frownless1890 1890 Universal Rev. 15 June 262 Planted with virtues, frownless gravity And sober elegance. ˈfrowny adj. having a habit of frowning. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adjective] > frowning or scowling louring13.. felonc1374 frowningc1386 glumming1526 glum1547 scowling1552 dark1593 frowned1598 black1604 glouting1641 frownful1771 black-browed1792 brow-bent1796 frownya1861 afrown1869 a1861 Sir F. Palgrave in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). frownv. Brit. /fraʊn/, U.S. /fraʊn/ Forms: Middle English–1500s froun(e, (Middle English frownyn), 1500s–1600s frowne, Middle English– frown. Etymology: Middle English froune, < Old French froignier, frongnier (modern French only in the compound refrogner), of obscure origin. 1. a. intransitive. To knit the brows, especially by way of expressing displeasure or (less frequently) concentration of thought; to look sternly. Said also of the brow. †Also (rarely), to sneer. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (intransitive)] > frown or scowl lourc1290 scowl1340 frownc1386 glouta1400 gloomc1400 gluma1500 lump1577 to knit, bend one's brows1600 caperate1623 glower1775 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [verb (intransitive)] > contract or relax frownc1386 frounce1532 to knit, bend one's brows1600 gather1816 knit1816 furrow1937 c1386 [implied in: G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 300 And eke whan I say ya, ye say not nay, Neither by word ne frouning countenance: Swere this, and here I swere our alliance. (at frowning adj. a)]. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 17 Wiche ought of resone the devise to excuse To alle tho that wold ageyn it ffroune or musee. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 181/1 Frownyn wythe the nose, nasio. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 69 He frowned in this wise & bote on his lippe a grete while. 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Sabrine xxix When Fortune most doth smile: Then will she froune: she laughes but euen a while. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E^v Fortunes browe hath frown'd, Euen to the vtmost wrinkle it can bend. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 106 He ended frowning, and his look denounc'd Desperate revenge. View more context for this quotation a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) Portrait in Wks. (1821) II. 4 She frowns no goddess, and she moves no queen. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. ii. xii. 203 Had I been your father, I should have taken alarm, and frowned. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals ix. 223 A man who joined us, and who could not conceive what we were doing, when asked to listen, frowned much, though not in an ill temper. b. Of inanimate things: To present a gloomy or threatening aspect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > present gloomy or depressing aspect scowl1587 frown1642 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten [verb (intransitive)] > have threatening aspect loura1593 frown1642 beetle1858 loom1875 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 118 They saw the times to frowne and trouble to come. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 480 And will you not bee in the like fear, when the Heavens frown above you? 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 5 And though rough rocks or gloomy summits frown. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 2 And sometimes frowned with forests of gloomy pine. 1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church i. 7 That wild architecture, whose gigantic stones..are still to be seen frowning upon the plains of Stonehenge. 1855 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon II. xv. 283 The cannon of the Prussians frowned along the rugged eminences of their left. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral i. 9 A rude Saxon temple may have frowned down from the height above the Thames. 2. a. To express disapprobation or unfriendliness by a stern look. Const. at, on, upon. Also in indirect passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by facial expression or look frown1576 squint1652 1576 A. Fleming tr. Conradus Celtis in Panoplie Epist. 395 You are not the first upon whom fortune hath frowned. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 194 I frowne vpon him; yet hee loues mee still. View more context for this quotation 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. iv. 13 Much were wee frowned at by the Dominicans our chiefest friends. 1709 Tatler No. 24 Frontlet not only looks serious, but frowns at him. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. vi. 218 Montoni frowned upon him. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 152 That they should be..frowned upon at Kensington for not going farther. b. attributed to inanimate objects. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 6 The heauens with that we haue in hand, are angry, And frowne vpon's. View more context for this quotation 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 32 Robat and Sallee seem to frown at each other across this fine river. 3. quasi-transitive. a. To drive or force with a frown away, back, down, off; also from, into (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of > by facial expression > drive or force by frown1678 sneer1737 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (transitive)] > frown or scowl at > drive or force with frown or scowl scowl1667 frown1678 1678 J. Dryden All for Love ii. 17 Ventidius fixt his eyes upon my passage, Severely, as he meant to frown me back. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 315 Despairing Wretch, he'll frown thee from his Throne. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. iii. 53 Nor should such an enquiring Temper be frown'd into Silence. 1805 H. K. White Let. 27 June in Remains (1807) I. 164 The fear of singularity frowns me into the concealment of it. 1805 Ld. Byron To Dorset v Peace, that reflection never frown'd away. 1806 N. Webster in Scudder Life (1882) vi. 231 I will be neither frowned nor ridiculed into error. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. xxii. 263 You would not frown a great person like Lady Delville into affection for us. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ii. 247 And the cold black country seemed to frown him off. 1870 J. B. Brown First Princ. Eccl. Truth 261 A new order of society in which..judges [should] no more frown down the poor. b. To enforce, express, produce, etc. by a frown. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (transitive)] > distort wringa1300 fleer?a1400 writhec1425 cringe1594 screw1601 scringe1608 grin1681 to screw up1692 prim1707 frown1775 wring1806 wreathe1813 squinch1840 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (transitive)] > frown or scowl at > express by frowning or scowling lour1746 scowl1757 frown1775 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals Epil. She smiles preferment, or she frowns disgrace. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 25 518 Among us, however, the present statue of the prophet would seem to frown restraint on levity and mirth. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe ii. 71 In 1861 the Schreckhorn..still frowned defiance upon all comers. Derivatives † frowned adj. Obsolete covered with a frown; made to look frowning. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adjective] > frowning or scowling louring13.. felonc1374 frowningc1386 glumming1526 glum1547 scowling1552 dark1593 frowned1598 black1604 glouting1641 frownful1771 black-browed1792 brow-bent1796 frownya1861 afrown1869 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted writhen?a1425 girning1447 mowinga1529 writhed1568 mumping1594 antic1595 frowned1598 screwed1609 sour1611 wreathed1645 fluish1674 working1717 screwed-up1728 frownful1771 grimacing1804 quirked1931 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inarcato, a frowned or scouled countenance. ˈfrowner n. one who frowns. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > one who is displeased frowner1630 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > one who disapproves > one expressing disapproval by face frowner1630 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > frowning or scowling > one who frowns or scowls frowner1630 scowler1858 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 249 Such..friends or acquaintance, as are neither Timists nor Timonists, Fawners nor Frowners. a1763 J. Byrom Christ among Doctors 10 That meek old Priest, with placid Face of Joy, That Pharisaic Frowner at the Boy. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals ix. 223 Some persons are such habitual frowners that the mere effort of speaking almost always causes their brows to contract. 1892 Idler June 590 A handful of frowners against thirty million laughers! 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