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To scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
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Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَبَسَ
(ʕabasa)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Bulgarian:
мръщя се
(mrǎštja se)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Chinese Cantonese:
皺眉頭 /皱眉头
(zau3 mei4 tau4)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Chinese Mandarin:
皺眉 /皱眉
(zhòuméi)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Chinese Mandarin:
皺眉頭 /皱眉头
(zhòuméitóu)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Esperanto:
kuntiri la brovojn
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Finnish:
kurtistaa kulmiaan
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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French:
froncer les sourcils
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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German:
die Stirn runzeln
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Italian:
aggrottare il sopracciglio
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Japanese:
顰める
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Japanese:
顔をしかめる
(kao o shikameru)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Latin:
frons astringo
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Russian:
хму́рить бро́ви
(xmúritʹ bróvi)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Russian:
нахму́рить бро́ви
(naxmúritʹ bróvi)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Russian:
мо́рщить лоб
(mórščitʹ lob)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Russian:
намо́рщить лоб
(namórščitʹ lob)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Russian:
хму́риться
(xmúritʹsja)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Russian:
нахму́риться
(naxmúritʹsja)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Russian:
мо́рщиться
(mórščitʹsja)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Russian:
намо́рщиться
(namórščitʹsja)
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Spanish:
fruncir las cejas
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Spanish:
arquear las cejas
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Spanish:
enarcar las cejas
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Turkish:
kaşlarını çatmak
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Welsh:
crychu'r aeliau
— to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
