frown
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thumb|In his 16th-century portrait of an unidentified man, Albrecht Dürer powerfully captures personality through [[facial expression, body language, and clothing. Work: Bildnis eines unbekannten Mannes (1521)]]
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Within Vinony's link graph, frown is referenced by 34 other articles, and connects out to North America, Charles Darwin and Albrecht Dürer.
It is catalogued under the topic Facial expressions.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- facial expression
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01203, Otto Meißner.jpg
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- Commons category
- Frowning
- Unicode character
- 🙁
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thumb|In his 16th-century portrait of an unidentified man, Albrecht Dürer powerfully captures personality through [[facial expression, body language, and clothing. Work: Bildnis eines unbekannten Mannes (1521)]]
A frown (also known as a scowl) is a facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. The appearance of a frown varies by culture. An alternative usage in North America is thought of as an expression of the mouth. In those cases when used iconically, as with an emoticon, it is entirely presented by the curve of the lips forming a down-open curve. The mouth expression is also commonly referred to in the colloquial English phrase, especially in the United States, to "turn that frown upside down" which indicates changing from sad to happy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “frown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.