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Word Meanings - FROWNY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Frowning; scowling. Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder. Sir F. Palgrave.

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  • SHOULDER
    The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the
  • SHOULDER-SHOTTEN
    Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. Shak.
  • MOTHER-OF-PEARL
    The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.
  • MOTHER'S DAY
    A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who
  • PALGRAVE
    See PALSGRAVE
  • MOTHERING
    A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
  • MOTHERLESS
    Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
  • SCOWLINGLY
    In a scowling manner.
  • MOTHER-OF-THYME
    An aromatic plant ; -- called also wild thyme.
  • SHOULDERED
    Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad- shouldered man. "He was short-shouldered." Chaucer.
  • MOTHERLINESS
    The state or quality of being motherly.
  • MOTHER-IN-LAW
    The mother of one's husband or wife.
  • RAGGIE; RAGGY
    Ragged; rough. "A stony and raggie hill." Holland.
  • MOTHER-NAKED
    Naked as when born.
  • MOTHERHOOD
    The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.
  • FROWNINGLY
    In a frowning manner.
  • MOTHER
    modar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel. moedhir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr. matrs; cf. Skr. ma to measure. *268. Cf. Material, Matrix, 1. A female parent; especially, one of the human
  • SCOWL
    one's self, D. schuilen, G. schielen to squint, Dan. skele, Sw. 1. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. She scowled and frowned with froward countenance. Spenser.
  • MOTHERWORT
    A labiate herb , of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. The mugwort. See Mugwort.
  • FROWN
    the brow, to frown; perh. of Teutonic origin; cf. It. in frigno wrinkled, frowning, Prov. It. frignare to cringe the face, to make a 1. To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
  • RAGULED; RAGGULED
    Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.
  • SMOTHER
    Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
  • HUMP-SHOULDERED
    Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.
  • UNMOTHERED
    Deprived of a mother; motherless.
  • SCRAGGED
    1. Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone. 2. Lean and rough; scraggy.
  • EEL-MOTHER
    The eelpout.
  • STEPMOTHER
    The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
  • BRAGGINGLY
    Boastingly.
  • CRAGGEDNESS
    The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess.
  • OUTFROWN
    To frown down; to overbear by frowning. Shak.

 

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