frowning

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹaʊnɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ

Verb

frowning

  1. present participle and gerund of frown
    • 1964 September, G. Freeman Allen, “Interim report on the East Coast Route express service”, in Modern Railways, page 160:
      Frowning heads are still gloomily shaken when the subject is raised on the NER, [...].

Noun

frowning (plural frownings)

  1. The act of giving a frown.
    • 1734, Isaac Watts, Reliquiæ juveniles:
      Let all the creatures above and below frown and scowl upon me; if my Creator smile, I am happy; nor can all their frownings diminish my complete joy.
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