frown
verb (used without object)
to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
frowner
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a word derived from
frown.
Example Sentences
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But she’s looking a bit nervous; I’ll bet you a buck she’s gonna be a frowner.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
I can only command; I am the frowner.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
So with certain classes of the insane, any effort of mind, however slight, which with an habitual frowner would cause a slight frown, leads to their weeping in an unrestrained manner.
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
