frown (v.) Copy link Outline 1. frontem (sŭpercĭlia) contrăho, xi, ctum, 32. frontem addūco, xi, ctum, 3 • frown (v.): 1. frontem (sŭpercĭlia) contrăho, xi, ctum, 3: he f.'d, fr. contraxit, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: supercilia contrahere, Quint. 11, 3, 79. 2. frontem addūco, xi, ctum, 3: he f.s, he turns away his face (on being asked a favour), f. adduxit, vultum avertit, Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 5: Quint. Phr.: your countenance contracts wrinkles and f.s, vultus tuus colligit rugas et trahit frontem, Sen. Ben. 6, 7, 1.