how to pronounce frown

/fɹaʊn/

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frown is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of frown in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… for frown unfortunately in all the …”

meaning of frown

A frown is a facial expression that conveys displeasure or disapproval.

frown frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word frown occurs in english on average 5.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics frown can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that frown can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;