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Meaning of beetle-browed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Making an unfriendly, sullen, or scowling face.
    British, English, especially
  2. Having thick, large, or projecting eyebrows.

Equivalents

Suomi synkkäilmeinen tuuheakulmainen
Français sourcilleux

Examples

“Calling this beetle-browed disdainful young person, hair hanging in her face, jaws chewing pecan pie with mechanical precision, honey!”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

beetle-headed beetlebrained beetled beetlelike beetling beetly

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