frownsome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by frowning

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivefrownsome (comparative more frownsome, superlative most frownsome)

comparative more frownsome · superlative most frownsome

  1. Characterised or marked by frowning

    … To dark Eumenes, frownsome as the night.

    1882, The Children of the Throne - Page 187
    1 more example

    You may be sure I was all attention at this juncture. Lord Hamp seemed taken aback. “Sire, she is a most ill-favored, frownsome wench. [...]”

    2016, Bridget Hodder, The Rat Prince

Origin

From frown + -some.

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APA

frownsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frownsome

MLA

“frownsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frownsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frownsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frownsome.

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