beetle-browed

bee·tle-browed

B5159950 (bē′tl-broud′)adj. Having thick, prominent or projecting eyebrows.

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[Middle English bitel-brouwed , having grim brows, sullen, perhaps from bitil, betil, bug, beetle (from the resemblance of a pair of thick eyebrows to the tufted antennae of a cockchafer); see beetle¹, or from bitel, sharp (probably from Old English *bitol, biting, from Old English bite, bite); see bit² + brouwed (from brow, brow; see brow).]

beetle-browed

adj 1. having bushy or overhanging eyebrows 2. sullen in appearance; scowling

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beetle-browed - sullen or unfriendly in appearance scowlingunfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"

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