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    frown
    I
    frown1 /fraʊn/ verb [intransitive]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: froignier
    to make an angry, unhappy, or confused expression, moving your eyebrows together:
        She frowned as she read the letter.
        frown at
        Mattie frowned at him disapprovingly.
         
    frown on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb
      to disapprove of someone or something, especially someone’s behaviour:
        Even though divorce is legal, it is still frowned upon.

    II
    frown2 noun [countable usually singular]
    the expression on your face when you move your eyebrows together because you are angry, unhappy, or confused
        with a frown
        He looked at her with a puzzled frown.