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frownings

/ˈfɹaʊnɪŋz/

frownings is the plural of frowning.

Meaning of frowning

Noun

frowning (plural frownings)

  1. The act of giving a frown.
    • Let all the creatures above and below frown and scowl upon me; if my Creator smile, I am happy; nor can all their frownings diminish my complete joy.1734, Isaac Watts, Reliquiæ juveniles

Questions about frownings

What is frownings the plural of?
Frownings is the plural of frowning.
How do you pronounce frownings?
Frownings is pronounced /ˈfɹaʊnɪŋz/.

Words near frownings in the dictionary

  1. frowning
  2. frowning at
  3. frowning on
  4. frowning upon
  5. frowningly
  6. frownings
  7. frownless
  8. frownlessly
  9. frowns
  10. frowns at
  11. frowns on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frownings (page history and authors); frowning (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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