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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scowl |
| Synonyms: | cloud up, do a slow burn, give a dirty look, give the evil eye, glare, gloom, glower, grimace, knit brows, look black, look daggers, look stern, lower, pout, sulk |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | deprecate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, condemn |
| Synonyms: | cut down to size, depreciate, derogate, detract, disapprove of, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, disparage, expostulate, frown, mudsling, not go for, object, pooh-pooh, poor mouth, protest against, put down*, rip*, run down, take dim view of, take down, take exception to |
| Antonyms: | approve, build up, commend, compliment, endorse, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | front of something; expression, exterior |
| Synonyms: | air, appearance, aspect, cast, clock, countenance, dial, disguise, display, facet, features, finish, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, frown, glower, grimace, guise, kisser, light*, lineaments, look, makeup, map*, mask, mug, obverse, paint*, physiognomy, pout, presentation, profile, scowl, seeming, semblance, show, showing, silhouette, simulacrum, smirk, surface, top, visage |
| Antonyms: | back, behind, rear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirty look |
| Synonyms: | angry stare, bad eye, black look, evil eye, frown, glower, lower, scowl |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | glare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a dirty look |
| Synonyms: | bore, do a slow burn, fix, frown, gape, gawk, gaze, glower, look daggers, lower, menace, peer, pierce, scowl, stare, stare angrily, stare icily, wither |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | grimace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scowling facial expression |
| Synonyms: | face, frown, moue, mouth, mouthing, mug, scowl, smile, smirk, sneer, wry face |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | grimace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a pained expression |
| Synonyms: | contort, deform, distort, frown, make a face, make a wry face, misshape, mouth, mug, scowl, screw up one's face, smirk, sneer |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | mug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | face |
| Synonyms: | countenance, frown, grimace, kisser, mask, profile, puss |
| Main Entry: | object |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, argue against |
| Synonyms: | balk, be displeased, challenge, complain, crab, criticize, cross, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disavow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, frown, go-one-on-one, gripe, grouse, inveigh, kick*, make a stink, mix it up with, oppose, protest, rail, raise objection, rant, rave, remonstrate, sound off, spurn, squawk, storm, take exception, take on, tangle* |
| Antonyms: | accept, agree, concur, consent, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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