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verb | noun frownfrown1 /fraʊn/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYfrown1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French froignier VERB TABLEfrown |
Present | I, you, we, they | frown | | he, she, it | frowns | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | frowned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have frowned | | he, she, it | has frowned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had frowned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will frown | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have frowned |
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Present | I | am frowning | | he, she, it | is frowning | | you, we, they | are frowning | Past | I, he, she, it | was frowning | | you, we, they | were frowning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been frowning | | he, she, it | has been frowning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been frowning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be frowning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been frowning |
to make an angry, unhappy, or confused expression by turning down the ends of your mouth or moving your eyebrows together: She frowned, trying to remember.frown at Mattie stood frowning at the mess. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French froignier]frown on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb to disapprove of something, especially someone’s behavior: Second marriages were legal but frowned upon. verb | noun frownfrown2 ●●○ noun [countable usually singular] ► with a frown “What do you mean?” she asked with a frown. the expression on your face when you frown: “What do you mean?” she asked with a frown. |