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The Meaning of frown
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(v. i.) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
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(v. i.) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.
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(v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
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(n.) A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.
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(n.) Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.
Rhymes
allentown
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around
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ashdown
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baytown
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beantown
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breakdown
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bridgetown
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brown
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browne
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charlestown
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charlottetown
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chinatown
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clampdown
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closedown
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clown
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comedown
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cooperstown
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countdown
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crackdown
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crosstown
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crown
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crowne
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down
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downe
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downingtown
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downtown
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drown
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elizabethtown
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facedown
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freetown
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georgetown
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germantown
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godown
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gown
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hoedown
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hometown
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jamestown
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johnstown
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knockdown
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letdown
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levittown
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lockdown
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lowdown
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lown
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markdown
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marshalltown
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mccoun
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mccown
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mcgown
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mcquown
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meltdown
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middletown
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midtown
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morgantown
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motown
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newtown
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newtowne
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noun
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playground
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provincetown
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renown
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run-down
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rundown
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shakedown
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shoun
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showdown
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shutdown
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slowdown
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southdown
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sundown
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touchdown
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town
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towne
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turndown
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uptown
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watertown
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williamstown
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yorktown
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youngstown