frown

Other forms of frown

plural

frowns·

past tense

frowned·

present participle

frowning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about frown

What does frown mean?

frown means "a facial expression of dislike or displeasure". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in frown?

frown has 1 syllable: frown. In IPA it is /ˈfɹaʊn/.

What is another word for frown?

Close synonyms include scowl, glower, lour, lower. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frown a common word?

frown is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.