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frownDefinitionen
| Englisch > Deutsch | |
| frown | |
| 1. Verb: | |
| 2. [1] aus Missfallen: die Stirn runzeln | |
| 3. 'to frown at somebody/something' – jemanden/etwas missbilligend ansehen | |
| 4. 'to frown on upon something' – etwas missbilligen | |
| 5. [2] in Nachdenklichkeit, beim Überlegen: die Stirn runzeln | |
| 6. 'to frown at something – etwas nachdenklich betrachten | |
| [1] „Schoolchildren feel safest when leisure time is rationed and dosed. They like to wear uniforms, and they frown on personal idiosyncrasies. Deviance is the mark of an outsider.“ | |
| Schulkinder … fühlen sich am sichersten, wenn Freizeit rationiert und dosiert ist. Sie tragen gerne Uniformen, und runzeln missbilligend die Stirn über Idiosynkrasie [Eigentümlichkeiten]. Abweichung ist das Merkmal eines Außenseiters. | |
| 7. Substantiv: | |
| 8. [1] das Stirnrunzeln | |
| [1] Tom put down his book with a slight frown. | |
| Tom legte sein Buch mit einem leichten Strinrunzeln nieder. | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
| frown | |
| 1. subst. A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. |  |
| 2. subst. A facial expression in which the corners of the mouth are pointed down. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To have a frown on one's face. | |
| She frowned when I told her the news. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive, figurative) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly. | |
| Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon. | |
| 5. v. To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look. | |
| Let us frown the impudent fellow into silence. | |
| 6. v. To communicate by frowning. | |
| Frank frowned his displeasure with my proposal. | |
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©Beispielsätze
| Look at the faces that made you laugh, cry, frown. His smile disappears as a frown overshadows his face. This new cosmetic drug, injected into the forehead, paralyses the muscles so you simply cannot form a frown anymore. He knew from the small, amused frown on her face, from the merest narrowing of her eyes that she had registered what he was thinking, had noted the tiny significant change in the atmosphere. Like one of those husbands who frown and make little downward flapping motions with their hands when their wives express themselves in public, his husbandly integrity depended on his ability to seem to be in masterful control of his wife. |
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