beetle-browed

American

[beet-l-broud] / ˈbit lˌbraʊd /

adjective

having heavy projecting eyebrows.
scowling or sullen.

beetle-browed British

adjective

having bushy or overhanging eyebrows
sullen in appearance; scowling

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Etymology

Origin of beetle-browed

1325–75; Middle English bitel-browed, probably with bitel sharp(-edged), Old English *bitel ( see beetle ¹); see brow, -ed ³

Example Sentences

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Not that Scott was the Beetle-Browed Bully in any way.

From The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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