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Antonyms for frown

Grammar : Verb
Spell : froun
Phonetic Transcription : fraÊŠn

Definition of frown

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French frognier "to frown or scowl, snort, turn one's nose up," related to froigne "scowling look," probably from Gaulish *frogna "nostril" (cf. Welsh ffroen "nose"), with a sense of "snort," or perhaps "haughty grimace." Related: Frowned; frowning.
  • verb scowl
  • verb disapprove
Example sentences :
  • It made Andy frown, and for an instant he thought of calling Buck back.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • And yet in the end Pop was able to muster a fairly good imitation of a frown.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • With this new evidence of his generous virtue, the frown passed from his brows.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I saw him frown, and suddenly he slapped his thigh as a man does when thought overtakes him.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • He gave no direct reply, but certainly did not frown on the request.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • He looked at me curiously for an instant--then with a frown.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Am I so utterly disreputable that you find it necessary to frown on me so darkly?
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The man continued to look across the frozen fields with a frown.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The faces that once looked kindly on him turn away from him with a frown.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • It came from Joe Kramer, whose face was set in a frown of pain.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Synonyms for frown

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