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  • browed
    browed
    adjective
    having a brow of a specified kind (usually used in combination).
  • -browed
    -browed
    adjective
    (in combination) having a brow or brows as specified

browed

American  
[broud] / braʊd /

adjective

  1. having a brow of a specified kind (usually used in combination).

    a shaggy-browed brute.


-browed British  

adjective

  1. (in combination) having a brow or brows as specified

    dark-browed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of browed

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at brow, -ed 3

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Another knock was that these Broiler mushrooms required continuous monitoring to catch them before they went from beautifully browed to blackened.

From Salon Mar. 30, 2021

"The raised browed stare implies an almost school teacher-ish level of disapproval."

From BBC Jun. 6, 2014

The white-haired bushy browed geologist, who immigrated to South Africa more than 50 years ago, packs a pickax, a few other tools, and some tea when he heads out to rocky bush country.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2013

Staring into space from deep-set, heavily browed eyes, she seems uncannily alive and thoughtful.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2010

He was a low browed, evil looking man, with a bushy black beard and long tangled hair.

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert

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