Definition of: frown

(froun) v.i.
1. To contract the brow, as in displeasure or concentration; scowl.
2. To look one's displeasure or disapproval: with on or upon.
—v.t.
3. To make known (one's displeasure, disgust, etc.) by contracting one's brow.
4. To silence, rebuke, etc., by or as by a frown.
—noun
1. A wrinkling of the brow, as in dislike, anger or abstraction; a scowl.
2. Hence, any manifestation of displeasure or lack of favor. [<OF froignier, prob. <Gmc.]
—frown′er n.
—frown′ing adjective
—frown′ing·ly adverb