frowny
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frowny (comparative frownier, superlative frowniest)
- (informal or childish) Frowning.
- 1895, Percival Pollard, chapter V, in The Cape of Storms[1], page 75:
- […] the black-and-white splendor of our men, as well as the fur-decked rosiness of our women, is only enhanced by contrast against the frowny murkings of the sky.
- 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small:
- He was always very frowny when the doorbell rang in the middle of Bible reading […]
- She made a frowny face.
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Noun edit
frowny (plural frownies)
- Short for frowny face.