Word Finder - frowning

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To have a frown on one's face.

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She frowned when I told her the news.

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To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly.

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Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon.

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To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.

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Let us frown the impudent fellow into silence.

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To communicate by frowning.

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Frank frowned his displeasure with my proposal.

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The act of giving a frown.

He glanced up at her frowning face and chuckled.

He stood sleepy and frowning, dark hair tousled.

With a pale and frowning face Dron stepped out of the crowd.

He stopped and turned, frowning down at her.

She watched him go, frowning when he turned left down the hall toward the front door rather than right to the stairwell or interior of the castle.

His frowning face was pallid and quivered.

He was a stout, dark, red- faced peasant in the forties, with thick lips, a broad knob of a nose, similar knobs over his black frowning brows, and a round belly.

Napoleon, frowning, looked at him from under his brows.

Remembering Dulce's face at the table, she turned, frowning up at him.

Lana looked at him, frowning.

When Gabriel came to inform her that the men who had come had run away again, she rose frowning, and clasping her hands behind her paced through the rooms a long time considering what she should do.

The senior officer moved with big, rapid strides from one gun to another with a frowning face.

Kiki froze halfway through the doorway, frowning.  Kris breathed a sigh, wondering how one tiny woman could make him tense enough he wanted to raze the beach.

He was frowning and glancing back at Laurencio for direction.

Pierre went with rapid steps to the door and suddenly came face to face with Prince Andrew, who came out frowning and looking old.

Hilden awaited her, frowning.

The officer's face was red and perspiring and his eyes glittered under his frowning brow.

He shook his head, still frowning.

He rolled over and propped his head up on one elbow, frowning down at her.

He stood, still frowning.

Frowning, she went to the kitchen, worried Evelyn's cat found its way home from its adoptive parents up the street.

I now seem to be borne along on the tide of a tempestuous torrent, through rocky defiles and beneath frowning precipices.

Frowning, Daniel turned from the computer screen to look to the far side of the camp where a small hovercraft had just arrived.

She knelt down by the water's edge, frowning at the dead fish and birds that drifted past.

Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

The prince turned round to the overseer and fixed his eyes on him, frowning.

Rostov himself, his legs well back and his stomach drawn in and feeling himself one with his horse, rode past the Emperor with a frowning but blissful face "like a vewy devil," as Denisov expressed it.

Frowning with vexation at the effort necessary to divest himself of his coat and trousers, the prince undressed, sat down heavily on the bed, and appeared to be meditating as he looked contemptuously at his withered yellow legs.

While waiting for the young man to take his place on the step Rostopchin stood frowning and rubbing his face with his hand.

Kutuzov, dejected and frowning, sat on a bench by the bridge toying with his whip in the sand when a caleche dashed up noisily.

By three months old, infants can recognize faces; imitate the facial expressions of others, such as smiling and frowning; and respond to familiar sounds.

Facial features have formed and ultrasounds have shown the fetus squinting and frowning in this trimester.

Today, brass is frowning on tats, and is setting limits on what the rank and file can have, as well as where they can get inked.

Frowning, glaring, knotting and creasing the brow and simply making faces can all contribute to eye wrinkle formation.

Jenn touched the earpiece tucked in her ear, frowning.

I'm so fed up with people making fun of me because I'm different, she said, frowning.

She twisted to meet his gaze, frowning.

She scribbled down Hannah and Gio.s names then sat back, frowning.

His words made her pause in the doorway, and she faced him, frowning.

Frowning, Rhyn pulled a dagger from the wall and tucked it into his belt.  He'd never tried tracking anyone through the Immortal underworld before; if Gabriel didn't want to be found, Rhyn wasn't going to find him in the death-dealer's backyard.  Sweat dripped down his face in the still air of the cottage.

Gabe said not to, she said, frowning.

Sirian stood over her and planted his hands on his hips, frowning.

Taran's sharp gaze fell to Hilden, who was frowning.

Reaching the ledge, Alex released the rope and knelt beside Carmen, frowning.

He nodded, still frowning.

The other was frowning fiercely.

Did you say thousands? she asked, frowning.

She looked up at him once more then at Sofi, who was frowning.

He had heard a voice asking him whether he would leave his sins and go to heaven, or keep his sins and go to hell; and he had seen an awful countenance frowning on him from the sky.

The tall, blond Guardian built like a college quarterback was frowning.