Definition of "frown" []

• To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or displeasure. (verb-intransitive)
• To regard something with disapproval or distaste: frowned on the use of so much salt in the food. (verb-intransitive)
• To express (disapproval, for example) by wrinkling the brow. (verb-transitive)
• A wrinkling of the brow in thought or displeasure; a scowl. (noun)

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• "Monarch, that rulest over an hundred states; whose frown is terrible as death, and whose armies cover the land, boast not thyself as though there were none above thee: – God is above thee;"
• "What could force a frown is the U.S. relationship with Taiwan."
• ""Anyone vain and foolish enough to have himself or herself injected with a deadly toxin to remove so-called frown lines is a good candidate for a silicone brain implant as well," suggested another."