frown
verb (used without object)
to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
half-frowning
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a word derived from
frown.
Example Sentences
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She never failed, at this—which was why he never failed to do it—to blush, half-smiling, half-frowning, and nervously to touch the collar of her dress.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
And, with a half-laughing, half-frowning face, he stepped on a low couch, that he might reach and lift down the offending, boyish Laertes.
From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Clara Morris
Morgana lifted her sea-blue eyes and looked with grave appeal into the severely intellectual, half-frowning face of the great Professor.
From The Secret Power by Marie Corelli
Her half-frowning eyes gave the impression that she was still out of temper and on edge.
From Marriage à la mode by Mrs. Humphry Ward
He had again seated himself opposite to her, and was observing her with a half-frowning attention, as of one in whom the brain action is physically difficult.
From Fenwick's Career by Mrs. Humphry Ward
