Definition of frown

"frown" in the noun sense

1. frown, scowl

a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

"frown" in the verb sense

1. frown, glower, lour, lower

look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

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Quotations for frown

Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down! [ Swift ]

A smile re-cures the wounding of a frown. [ Shakespeare ]

Upon her wit doth earthly honours wait,
And virtue stoops and trembles at her frown. [ William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act II. Sc.1 ]

When fiction rises pleasing to the eye,
Men will believe, because they love the lie;
But truth herself, if clouded with a frown,
Must have some solemn proof to pass her down. [ Churchill ]

A song to the oak, the brave old oak,
Who hath ruled in the greenwood long;
Here's health and renown to his broad,
green crown, And his fifty arms so strong.
There's fear in his frown when the goes down,
And the fire in the West fades out;
And he showeth his might on a wild midnight,
When the storms through his branches shout. [ H. F. Chorley ]

If she do frown, it is not in hate of you,
But rather to beget more love in you:
If she do chide, it is not to have you gone;
For why, the fools are mad if left alone.
Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
For - get you gone - she doth not mean - away. [ William Shakespeare ]

There was a laughing devil in his sneer,
That raised emotions both of rage and fear;
And where his frown of hatred darkly fell,
Hope withering fled, and mercy sighed farewell. [ Byron ]

Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain.
She sings as sweetly as a nightingale;
Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clear
As morning roses, newly washed with dew;
Say she be mute and will not speak a word,
Then I'll commend her volubility
And say she uttereth piercing eloquence. [ William Shakespeare ]

Wanton jests make fools laugh and wise men frown. [ Fuller ]

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile or frown;
With that wild wheel we go not up or down;
Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

Hate furroweth the brow, and a man may frown till he hateth. [ Tupper ]

Fear is my vassal, when I frown he flies; A hundred times in life a coward dies. [ Marston ]

Let not one look of Fortune cast you down; she were not Fortune if she did not frown. [ Earl of Orrery ]

With vivid words your just conceptions grace. Much truth compressing in a narrow space; Then many shall peruse, but few complain, And envy frown, and critics snarl in vain. [ Pindar ]

Sombre thoughts and fancies often require a little real soil or substance to flourish in; they are the dark pinetrees which take root in, and frown over the rifts of the scathed and petrified heart, and are chiefly nourished by the rain of unavailing tears, and the vapors of fancy. [ J. F. Boyes ]

If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. [ Sir John Herschel ]

With a clear sky, a bright sun, and a gentle breeze, you have friends in plenty; but let fortune frown, and the firmament be overcast, and then your friends will prove like the strings of the lute, of which you tighten ten before you find one that will bear the stretch and keep the pitch. [ Gotthold ]

frown in Scrabble®

The word frown is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters frown:

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frown in Words With Friends™

The word frown is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

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Words within the letters of frown

2 letter words in frown (5 words)

3 letter words in frown (7 words)

4 letter words in frown (1 word)

5 letter words in frown (1 word)

frown + 1 blank (2 words)

frown + 2 blanks (5 words)

Words containing the sequence frown

Words with frown in them (4 words)

Words that end with frown (2 words)

Word Growth involving frown

Shorter words in frown

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Longer words containing frown

frowned outfrowned

frowner frowners

frowning frowningly

frowning outfrowning

frownless

frowns outfrowns

frowny

outfrown outfrowned

outfrown outfrowning

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