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Webster 1913 Edition

Frowny

Frown′y

,

Adj.

Frowning; scowling.

[Obs.]

Her

frowny

mother’s ragged shoulder.

Sir F. Palgrave.

Definition 2024

frowny

frowny

English

Adjective

frowny ‎(comparative frownier, superlative frowniest)

(informal or childish) Frowning.
- 1895, Percival Pollard, The Cape of Storms, Chapter V, p. 75,
  […] the black-and-white splendor of our men, as well as the fur-decked rosiness of our women, is only enhanced by contrast against the frowny murkings of the sky.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Sunday,”
  He was always very frowny when the doorbell rang in the middle of Bible reading […]
She made a frowny face.

Derived terms

frowny face