beetle-browed

adj — 2 senses

beetle-browed

adj

1

British, English, Especially Making an unfriendly, sullen, or scowling face.

Calling this beetle-browed disdainful young person, hair hanging in her face, jaws chewing pecan pie with mechanical precision, honey!2001, “Middle Age: A Romance” by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 173)

2

Having thick, large, or projecting eyebrows.

Especially American English

Related terms: beetle brow

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