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outfrown

outfrown verb: to exceed in frowning.

Verb

outfrown (third-person singular simple present outfrowns, present participle outfrowning, simple past and past participle outfrowned)

  1. (transitive) To exceed in frowning.
    • Buster can stare down a statue, outfrown Eeyore, and still keep his hat on! Can your "Bob" match the unflappability of My "Buster"?2001, March 18, "Political Sex", alt.slack
    • All day, therefore, the Blues and the Buffs have been locked in contretemps, with Brown and Cameron striving to outfrown each other in statesmanship2010 May 7, Anthony Lane, “Mr. Clegg and Mr. Pickwick”, in New Yorker

Forms of outfrown

third-person singular presentoutfrowns
present participleoutfrowning
past participleoutfrowned
pastoutfrowned

Origin of outfrown

From out- + frown.

Questions about outfrown

What does outfrown mean?
Outfrown means to exceed in frowning.
What part of speech is outfrown?
Outfrown is a verb.
What is the past tense of outfrown?
The past tense of outfrown is outfrowned.

Words near outfrown in the dictionary

  1. outfreeze
  2. outfreezes
  3. outfreezing
  4. outfriend
  5. outfront
  6. outfrown
  7. outfrowned
  8. outfrowning
  9. outfrowns
  10. outfroze
  11. outfrozen

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