Thesaurus: frounce

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1. v. i. To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
2. v. i. To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown.
3. n. A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown.
4. n. An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.
5. To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to formwrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. Milton.
6. v. i. To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair. v. i. To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown. n. A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown. n. An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.