outfrown

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verb

To exceed in frowning.

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Meanings

verboutfrown (third-person singular simple present outfrowns, present participle outfrowning, simple past and past participle outfrowned)

present singular third person outfrowns · participle present outfrowning · participle past outfrowned · past outfrowned

  1. transitiveTo exceed in frowning.

    2001, March 18, "Political Sex", alt.slack Buster can stare down a statue, outfrown Eeyore, and still keep his hat on! Can your "Bob" match the unflappability of My "Buster"?

    1 more example

    All day, therefore, the Blues and the Buffs have been locked in contretemps, with Brown and Cameron striving to outfrown each other in statesmanship

    2010 May 7, Anthony Lane, “Mr. Clegg and Mr. Pickwick”, in New Yorker

Origin

From out- + frown.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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