beetle-browed

• Adjectif littéraire ou vieilli décrivant une personne aux sourcils proéminents, saillants ou froncés, souvent avec une expression sévère, renfrognée ou menaçante.

An archaic adjective describing someone with prominent, overhanging, or scowling eyebrows, often implying a stern or gloomy appearance.

1. Sullen or unfriendly in appearanceC2formal

   Having a scowling, gloomy, or threatening facial expression, often with prominent or overhanging eyebrows.

   Renfrogné, au sourcil menaçant

   • The old man gave a beetle-browed glare at the noisy children.
   • His beetle-browed expression made him seem unapproachable.
   • She looked beetle-browed and annoyed after the argument.

   Synonymesfrowninggloomygloweringgrimloweringmorosescowlingsullensurly

   Antonymesaffableamiablecheerfulgenialpleasant