knit one's brows

knit one's brows

English

a knit brow

Alternative forms

• knit one's eyebrows

Verb

knit one's brows (third-person singular simple present knits one's brows, present participle knitting one's brows, simple past and past participle knit one's brows or knitted one's brows)

1. (idiomatic) To scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.

Translations

to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement

Arabic: عَبَسَ‎ (ʿabasa) Bulgarian: мръщя се (mrǎštja se) Chinese: Cantonese: 皺眉頭, 皱眉头 (zau³mei⁴tau⁴) Mandarin: 皺眉／皱眉 (zh) (zhòuméi), 皺眉頭／皱眉头 (zh) (zhòuméitóu) Esperanto: kuntiri la brovojn Finnish: kurtistaa kulmiaan French: froncer les sourcils (fr) German: die Stirn runzeln Japanese: 顰める (ja) (しかめる, shikameru, ひそめる, hisomeru), 顔をしかめる (かおをしかめる, kao o shikameru) Latin: frons astringo Russian: хму́рить бро́ви impf (xmúritʹ bróvi), нахму́рить бро́ви pf (naxmúritʹ bróvi), мо́рщить лоб impf (mórščitʹ lob), намо́рщить лоб pf (namórščitʹ lob), хму́риться (ru) impf (xmúritʹsja), нахму́риться (ru) pf (naxmúritʹsja), мо́рщиться (ru) impf (mórščitʹsja), намо́рщиться (ru) pf (namórščitʹsja) Spanish: fruncir las cejas, arquear las cejas, enarcar las cejas

See also

• raise eyebrows