permafrown
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See also: perma-frown
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝməfɹaʊn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːməfɹaʊn/
- Hyphenation: per‧ma‧frown
Noun
[edit]permafrown (plural permafrowns)
- (informal) A permanent frown.
- 2009, Stephen Frey, Forced Out, →ISBN, page 219:
- Usually the kid wore a mean permafrown and stared everyone down.
- 2013, J. R. Ward, Lover At Last: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood[1], →ISBN:
- [T]hat face . . . was so grim, with hollows under the cheekbones and a perma-frown that suggested the guy hadn't slept in seven days.