browed

[broud]

adjective

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

   a shaggy-browed brute.

-browed

adjective

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

   dark-browed

Word History and Origins

Origin of -browed¹

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

Example Sentences

Bake for 7-10 minutes until fragrant but not browed.

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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.

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If you were to go in search of a prime example of the genus “writer”, Colm Toíbín would have strong claims as exhibit A. There’s the face to begin with: meaty, heavy browed, quick-eyed, both grave and wickedly animated, the head and neck invariably rising, as today, out of a white shirt and a black coat.

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There are about ten adults milling around, and a half-dozen train riders left—me, a few sickly looking teenage boys, and some homely children—undernourished, walleyed, beetle browed.

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

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