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Meaning of "frowning" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FROWNING

frowning  [ˈfraʊnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FROWNING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Frowning is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FROWNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

frowning

Frown

A frown is a facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. The appearance of a frown varies by culture. Although most technical definitions define it as a wrinkling of the brow, in North America it is primarily thought of as an expression of the mouth. In those cases when used iconically, as with an emoticon, it is entirely presented by the curve of the lips forming a down-open curve. The mouth expression is also commonly referred to in the colloquial English phrase "turn that frown upside down" which indicates changing from sad to happy.

Definition of frowning in the English dictionary

The definition of frowning in the dictionary is drawing the brows together and wrinkling the forehead, esp in worry, anger, or concentration. Other definition of frowning is disapproving or disliking.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FROWNING


browning
ˈbraʊnɪŋ
cloning
ˈkləʊnɪŋ
clowning
ˈklaʊnɪŋ
crowning
ˈkraʊnɪŋ
doning
ˈdəʊnɪŋ
droning
ˈdrəʊnɪŋ
drowning
ˈdraʊnɪŋ
groaning
ˈɡrəʊnɪŋ
intoning
ɪnˈtəʊnɪŋ
jawboning
ˈdʒɔːbəʊnɪŋ
landowning
ˈlændˌəʊnɪŋ
loaning
ˈləʊnɪŋ
moaning
ˈməʊnɪŋ
tombstoning
ˈtuːmstəʊnɪŋ
zoning
ˈzəʊnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FROWNING

frow
froward
frowardly
frowardness
frown
frowner
frowningly
frowsier
frowsiest
frowsiness
frowst
frowster
frowstier
frowstiest
frowstiness
frowsty
frowsy
frowzier
frowziest
frowzily

WORDS THAT END LIKE FROWNING

awning
cleaning
dawning
evening
fawning
learning
listening
meaning
mining
morning
opening
planning
remaining
running
spawning
stunning
the top of the morning
training
undawning
yawning

Synonyms and antonyms of frowning in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FROWNING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «frowning» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of frowning

Translation of «frowning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FROWNING

Find out the translation of frowning to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of frowning from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «frowning» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

皱着眉头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fruncir el ceño
570 millions of speakers

English

frowning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

frowning
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقطب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хмурится
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carrancudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভ্রু কুঞ্চিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fronçant les sourcils
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Frowning
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stirnrunzeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

渋面
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인상을 찌 푸 리고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Frowning
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cau mày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அச்சுறுத்துகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फरसबंदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çatık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accigliato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

marszcząc brwi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хмуриться
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încruntat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνοφρύωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

frons
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rynkar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frowning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of frowning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FROWNING»

The term «frowning» is regularly used and occupies the 57.664 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FROWNING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «frowning» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «frowning» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about frowning

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3 QUOTES WITH «FROWNING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word frowning.
1
Albert Barnes
We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.
2
Patricia Cornwell
Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.
3
Jacques Maritain
Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a thinker you must be a frowning bore, because thinking is so damn serious.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FROWNING»

Discover the use of frowning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to frowning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Frowning: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Use in Literature FringingIn its centre was a conical hill, fringed with shrubs and vines; at whose base were two small lakes, one sulphurous, the other pure and tasteless.ndash;Charles Morris (editor) in The San Francisco Calamity.Moving ...
‎2008
2
Behind a Frowning Providence
God's gracious purpose in the sorrows and suffering of his people.
John J. Murray, 1990
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Neural Networks
As an example of ternary input cells, suppose that you want to represent whether a person is smiling or frowning. With a 1/0 coding schema (representing smiling as 1 and frowning as 0), only the smile will lead to a correction of the connection  ...
Herve Abdi, Dominique Valentin, Betty Edelman, 1999
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The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare
I without desert have frowned on mcRtchard 111. ii. 1 long hath frowned upon their enmity! — v. 4 than ever frowned in Greece! Coriolanut, fii. 1 so frowned he once, when, in an angry.. Hamlet, i. 1 FROWNINO- a better bad hahit of frowning.
Mary Cowden Clarke, 1881
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The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness
I'm goin' to fight you, Mr. Ritter, I'm goin' to fight you — and I'm goin' to win! Ritter ( stubbornly) Right is right and wrong is wrong. Two wrongs do not, cannot, never did and never will make a right. THE WILLIAM Mr. Collier (frowning) Send it to ...
George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, 1913
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
9" •<) □•, ~l\ camgagos frowning sP,9°iP't camgagat frowning a°GO,9°'\L¥ macamgagiya reason for frowning, e.g. anger, vexation, rancor GBk,o° 0Bk,o° camaccama to weave the rope rings or fiber coils (6Q.9°ta,tl0) around the top of the ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
7
The Frowning Bungalow: A Sequel to Sammy's Red Shirt
What secrets does the afrowning bungalowa hold?
Reva Jo Gordon, 2008
8
The Origin of Emotions:
Most frowning is voluntary. We voluntarily frown because it is quicker than saying “my reaction is negative”. Infants often combine voluntary frowning and wailing. Newborns learn that mothers pay attention when they involuntarily frown, so they  ...
Mark Devon, 2006
9
We Are in an Hourglass Frowning
Poetry has been an outlet for the authors thoughts and concerns over the years and a good form of therapy and healing for him. He would like to thank his daughter Michelle for all of her help in preparing this manuscript for publication.
Frank J. Krieger, Jr., 2005
10
Private Myths: Dreams and Dreaming
Frowning. at. the. Angels. Many attempts have been made to classify dreams in terms of the kinds of events, particularly social events, occurring in them. These taxo- nomic efforts usually end up with long lists of categories in which it is hard to ...
Anthony Stevens, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FROWNING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term frowning is used in the context of the following news items.
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First Look at Netflix's 'Jessica Jones' Also Offer a First Look at Luke …
Not that that keeps Jessica Jones from frowning with concern. Catching on fire probably isn't fun, even if it's not fatal. It's interesting to see ... «/FILM, Jul 15»
2
Fed is epitome of Swiss timing
He trod over Murray's second serve like a bully in a tuxedo, reducing the frowning Brit to a state of helplessness. Federer is probably the only ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
3
Kim Kardashian Posts Silly Selfies With Nephew Mason In Wake of …
In the eight selfies, Kardashian and Mason can we seen sticking out their tongues, frowning, and making duck faces. See the photos below. «Gossip Cop, Jul 15»
4
Q&A: Petrino gives long summer update
One thing Shaq likes to do is talk, and he keeps us all, some smiling, some frowning. It just depends on what he says. ON IF HE BACKS UP HIS ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
5
The first novels of Salman Rushdie and Amitav Ghosh were more …
Later, in al-Ghazira, we meet others who are just as idiosyncratic as their epithets, such as Frowning Abusa and Zaghloul the Pigeon. «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
6
Taylor Swift News: Contract Indicates 'Bad Blood' Songstress Has …
However, some are also frowning because certain parts of the blonde beauty's contract for photographers appear to be questionable. Like Us ... «KpopStarz, Jul 15»
7
Hayes breaks down in court while recounting Libor testimony
He is earnest, awkward, witty and expressive — frowning often as he tries to recall facts — but while he sometimes appears to joke in emails, ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
8
The reconstruction of Lara Croft
Camilla Luddington is frowning seven different ways. She's an experienced actor, so each frown carries its own nuance and meaning: defiance, ... «Polygon, Jul 15»
9
A Team Transformed: Inside LeBron James' First Season Back with …
Irving had a reputation of being aloof with teammates in his first three seasons, becoming an increasingly frowning face of a struggling ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
10
Mumford & Sons step effortlessly into bigger, bolder shoes on the …
Ted Dwane's double-bass face - gurning and frowning - is something to behold, and Marcus Mumford looks visibly surprised at the crowd ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»

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