permafrown

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US/ˈpɝməfɹaʊn/UK/ˈpɜːməfɹaʊn/

noun

A permanent frown.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounpermafrown (plural permafrowns)

plural permafrowns · alternative perma-frown

  1. informalA permanent frown.

    Usually the kid wore a mean permafrown and stared everyone down.

    2009, Stephen Frey, Forced Out, →ISBN, page 219
    2 more examples

    If she doesn't smile with this pick-up line she might be suffering from a case of permafrown.

    2004, Devon Mack Wild, Pick-Up Lines That Work, →ISBN, page 28

    [T]hat face . . . was so grim, with hollows under the cheekbones and a perma-frown that suggested the guy hadn't slept in seven days.

    2013, J. R. Ward, Lover At Last: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, →ISBN

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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