beetle browed
having bushy dark and messy eyebrows; frowning; unfriendly in appearance | ||||
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Beetle-browed Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Beetle-browed
Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.
Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.
| WordNet 2.0 |
beetle-browed
Adjective
1. sullen or unfriendly in appearance
(synonym) scowling
(similar) unfriendly
Adjective
1. sullen or unfriendly in appearance
(synonym) scowling
(similar) unfriendly
| The Phrase Finder |
Beetle browed
Meaning
With a furrowed brow or worried expression.
Origin
Beetles have prominent head casings that give the appearance of a prominent forehead.
Meaning
With a furrowed brow or worried expression.
Origin
Beetles have prominent head casings that give the appearance of a prominent forehead.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
beetle-browed
beetle-browed
\bee"tle-browed`\ (&?;), a. [oe. bitelbrowed; cf. oe. bitel, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. see beetle an insect.] having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.
note: the earlier meaning was, "having bushy or overhanging eyebrows."
beetle-browed
\bee"tle-browed`\ (&?;), a. [oe. bitelbrowed; cf. oe. bitel, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. see beetle an insect.] having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.
note: the earlier meaning was, "having bushy or overhanging eyebrows."