unibrow

American

[yoo-nuh-brou] / ˈyu nəˌbraʊ /

noun

a pair of eyebrows that appear to be connected because of some extra hair growing in the space between them.

He had very bushy eyebrows, almost a unibrow.

unibrow British

/ ˈjuːnɪˌbraʊ /

noun

informal a single eyebrow created when the two eyebrows meet in the middle above the bridge of the nose

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Etymology

Origin of unibrow

First recorded in 1985–90; uni- + brow

Example Sentences

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Her face is framed by her long, loose hair and her signature unibrow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He describes himself at the “Happy Days” audition as “a short Jew from New York City with a unibrow and hair down to my shoulders, confident about next to nothing in my life.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2023

"Need to know why they thought the unibrow looked okay on Claire in The Bear," writes @gracepaImer.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

She asked her mother to get rid of the beauty mark and shave her unibrow.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021

He wore a bartender’s apron and had a bushy unibrow and a caterpillar mustache that made his face look striped.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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