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to frown
01
to bring your eyebrows closer together showing anger, sadness, or confusion
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
frown
3rd person singular
frowns
present participle
frowning
past simple
frowned
past participle
frowned
Examples
He tends to frown when concentrating deeply on his work.
Frown
01
an expression on the face in which the eyebrows are brought together, creating lines above the eyes, which shows anger, worry, or disapproval
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
frowns
Examples
She could n't hide her disapproval, her eyebrows furrowing into a deep frown.
Lexical Tree
frowning
frown
