frown

Everyday

1. To frown is to bring your eyebrows together and wrinkle your forehead because you are cross, worried, puzzled or thinking hard. tree →
2. A frown is this look on your face. tree →
3. To frown on or upon something is to disapprove of it. tree →

In the lessons

In stories a frown shows a character's feelings without words: anger, worry, confusion. In emotional-literacy lessons pupils read faces: a frown is the opposite of a smile. Phrases: «frown at», «frown on», «a deep frown», «turn that frown upside down».

Examples

• The teacher frowned at the noisy class. tree →
• She frowned as she tried to solve the puzzle. tree →
• Why the frown? Are you all right? tree →
• Dad frowned when he saw the muddy floor. tree →
• Running in the corridor is frowned upon. tree →
• Turn that frown upside down! tree →
• He looked at the map with a puzzled frown. tree →

Note

Regular verb. Rhymes with «brown». A frown is not always anger; it can mean thinking or worry, so look at the rest of the story.

In Jewish tradition

Here God says He will not look at Israel with an angry face.

Interpretation. Tradition reads this as God's promise to accept those who return to Him in repentance.

Examples

• Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever. (Prophets JER.3.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb. Rhymes with «brown». A frown is not always anger; it can mean thinking or worry, so look at the rest of the story.