Meanings
verbknit one's brows (third-person singular simple present knits one's brows, present participle knitting one's brows, simple past and past participle knit one's brows or knitted one's brows)
present singular third person knits one's brows · participle present knitting one's brows · participle past knitted one's brows · past knitted one's brows · alternative knit one's brow · alternative knit one's eyebrows
- To scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.
Synonyms: furrow one's brow
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.
Similar
furrow one's brow
Translations
Arabic عَبَسَ
- عَبَسَ (ʕabasa)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Bulgarian мръщя се
- мръщя се (mrăštja se)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Chinese Cantonese 皺眉頭 /皱眉头
- 皺眉頭 /皱眉头 (zau³ mei⁴ tau⁴)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Chinese Mandarin 皺眉 /皱眉, 皺眉頭 /皱眉头
- 皺眉 /皱眉 (zhòuméi)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- 皺眉頭 /皱眉头 (zhòuméitóu)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Dutch fronsen
- fronsento scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Esperanto kuntiri la brovojn
- kuntiri la brovojnto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Finnish kurtistaa kulmiaan
- kurtistaa kulmiaanto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
French froncer les sourcils
- froncer les sourcilsto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
German die Stirn runzeln
- die Stirn runzelnto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Italian aggrottare il sopracciglio
- aggrottare il sopracciglioto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Japanese 顰める, 顔をしかめる
- 顰めるto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- 顔をしかめる (kao o shikameru)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Latin frons astringo
- frons astringoto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Polish marszczyć, zmarszczyć
- marszczyćto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- zmarszczyćto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Russian хму́рить бро́ви, нахму́рить бро́ви
- хму́рить бро́ви (xmúritʹ bróvi)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- нахму́рить бро́ви (naxmúritʹ bróvi)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- мо́рщить лоб (mórščitʹ lob)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- намо́рщить лоб (namórščitʹ lob)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- хму́риться (xmúritʹsja)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- нахму́риться (naxmúritʹsja)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- мо́рщиться (mórščitʹsja)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- намо́рщиться (namórščitʹsja)to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Spanish fruncir las cejas, arquear las cejas
- fruncir las cejasto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- arquear las cejasto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
- enarcar las cejasto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Turkish kaşlarını çatmak
- kaşlarını çatmakto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
Welsh crychu'r aeliau
- crychu'r aeliauto scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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