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To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or
sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look. |
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To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with
disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon
rudeness. |
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To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or
disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into
silence. |
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A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a
sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl. |
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Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence;
the frowns of Fortune. |
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