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adjective

Definition of frowningnext
as in scowling

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frowning

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verb

present participle of frown
as in glaring
to look with anger or disapproval the boss just stood there and frowned at his assistant who, once again, was in trouble

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  1. glaring
  2. sullen
  3. grey
  4. gray
Verb
  • The disparities in sponsorships, prize money, and funding for women’s sports are glaring.
    — Brook Choulet, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Particularly when an organization is taking the next leap in its evolution, there are often glaring errors that your leadership, investors or even board want to fix right away.
    — Joe Garber, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of glaring
Adjective
  • In the film, Adèle Haenel plays Héloïse, a sullen 18th-century French daughter of privilege, and Noémie Merlant plays Marianne, the adventurous artist hired to paint her.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Madison, whose full name is Mikaela Madison Rosberg, first rose to fame for the role of a sullen teenager in the FX comedy Better Things.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of sullen
Adjective
  • Goldie’s also hosts a delightful afternoon tea, with sweets like strawberry and cream cake, peaches and cream tart, early grey tea mousse along with savories such as butter scones, coronation gougere (cheese Gougère, coronation chicken salad, apricots, almonds), and burrata tomato tartine.
    — Rona Berg, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • While Ivanka dreamt of an American design for the speech, first lady Melania Trump had Paris on her mind in a grey jacket and matching skirt from Dior — which held its Paris Fashion Week fall 2025 show on the same day.
    — WWD Staff, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of grey
Adjective
  • The saturated bright colors of Corina’s clothing contrast with the muted, mostly gray colors of the publishing house’s offices.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In the clip, the mom of three could be seen wearing green leggings and a gray zip-up hoodie, pushing a black stroller that fully covered her baby daughter inside.
    — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of gray
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