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Webster 1913 Edition
Beetle-browed
Bee′tle-browedˊ
, a.Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.
☞ The earlier meaning was, “Having bushy or overhanging eyebrows.”
Webster 1828 Edition
Beetle-browed
BEE'TLE-BROWED
,Adj.
Definition 2024
beetle-browed
beetle-browed
English
Adjective
beetle-browed (comparative more beetle-browed, superlative most beetle-browed)
- making an unfriendly or sullen face
- Calling this beetle-browed disdainful young person, hair hanging in her face, jaws chewing pecan pie with mechanical precision, honey! - “Middle Age : A Romance” (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 173)
Translations
making an unfriendly or sullen face
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