| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The act of wrinkling the brow, as in thought, puzzlement, or displeasure: black look, glower, lower1, scowl. See EXPRESS. | | VERB: | To wrinkle one's brow, as in thought, puzzlement, or displeasure: glower, lower1, scowl. Idioms: look black. See EXPRESS. | | PHRASAL VERB: | frown on To have or express an unfavorable opinion of: deprecate, disapprove, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, object. Idioms: hold no brief for, not go for, take a dim view of, take exception to. See LIKE.
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