Meanings
adjectivebeetle-browed (comparative more beetle-browed, superlative most beetle-browed)
comparative more beetle-browed · superlative most beetle-browed
- BritishEnglishespeciallyMaking an unfriendly, sullen, or scowling face.
Calling this beetle-browed disdainful young person, hair hanging in her face, jaws chewing pecan pie with mechanical precision, honey!
2001, “Middle Age: A Romance” by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 173) - especially American EnglishHaving thick, large, or projecting eyebrows.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesullen or unfriendly in appearance
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Translations
Finnish synkkäilmeinen, tuuheakulmainen
- synkkäilmeinenmaking an unfriendly or sullen face
- tuuheakulmainenhaving thick eyebrows
French sourcilleux
- sourcilleuxmaking an unfriendly or sullen face
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