frowny

F4R1O1W4N1Y4
/ˈfɹaʊni/

adjective

Frowning.

“She made a frowny face.”

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Meanings

adjectivefrowny (comparative frownier, superlative frowniest)

comparative frownier · superlative frowniest

  1. childishinformalFrowning.

    She made a frowny face.

    2 more examples

    […] the black-and-white splendor of our men, as well as the fur-decked rosiness of our women, is only enhanced by contrast against the frowny murkings of the sky.

    1895, Percival Pollard, chapter V, in The Cape of Storms, page 75

    He was always very frowny when the doorbell rang in the middle of Bible reading […]

    1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
nounfrowny (plural frownies)

plural frownies

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of frowny face.

Origin

From frown + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with frowny

downyclownygowniehash brownierownee
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Cite this entry
APA

frowny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frowny

MLA

“frowny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frowny. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frowny,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frowny.

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