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frown

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frown/fraʊn/

▶verb furrow one's brows in an expression indicating disapproval, displeasure, or concentration.

■ (frown on/upon) disapprove of.

▶noun an expression of this type.

– derivatives
frowning adjective,
frowningly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. froignier, from froigne ‘surly look’, of Celtic origin.

'frown' also found in these Oxford entries:

emoticon - glum - knit - scowl

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