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Sadness vs. Frown — What's the Difference?

Sadness vs. Frown — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sadness and Frown

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Sadness

Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw themselves from others.

Frown

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.

Sadness

The condition or quality of being sad
It is one of life's sadnesses
A source of great sadness

Frown

To make a facial expression indicating thought or displeasure, as by wrinkling the brow and drawing down the corners of the mouth.

Sadness

Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness
A sad face.
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Frown

To regard something with disapproval or distaste
Frowned on the use of so much salt in the food.

Sadness

Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing
A sad movie.
Sad news.

Frown

A facial expression indicating thought or displeasure; a scowl.

Sadness

Deplorable or inadequate; sorry
A sad state of affairs.
A sad excuse.

Frown

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

Sadness

Dark-hued; somber.

Frown

(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.
She frowned when I told her the news.

Sadness

(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

Frown

To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly.
Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon.

Sadness

(countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

Frown

(transitive) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.
Let us frown the impudent fellow into silence.

Sadness

Heaviness; firmness.

Frown

(transitive) To communicate by frowning.
Frank frowned his displeasure with my proposal.

Sadness

Seriousness; gravity; discretion.
Her sadness and her benignity.

Frown

To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
The frowning wrinkle of her brow.

Sadness

Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.
Dim sadness did not spareThat time celestial visages.

Frown

To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.
The sky doth frown and lower upon our army.

Sadness

Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

Frown

To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.

Sadness

The state of being sad;
She tired of his perpetual sadness

Frown

A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stern look; a scowl.
His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
Her very frowns are fairer farThan smiles of other maidens are.

Frown

Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.

Frown

A facial expression of dislike or displeasure

Frown

Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

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