About The Word Beetle-browed
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Beetle-browed
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What's The Definition Of Beetle-browed?
[adj] sullen or unfriendly in appearance
Synonyms | Synonyms for Beetle-browed: scowling | unfriendly Related Terms | Find terms related to Beetle-browed: beetle | beetling | black | black-browed | dark | dejected | dour | dumpish | frowning | glowering | glum | grim | grum | impendent | impending | incumbent | jutting | lowering | melancholy | moodish | moody | mopey | moping | mopish | morose | mumpish | overhanging | overhung | pending | projecting | scowling | sulky | sullen | superincumbent | surly See Also | Beetle-browed In Webster's Dictionary \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.''
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