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Browed (gcide) | Browed \Browed\, a.
Having (such) a brow; -- used in composition; as,
dark-browed, stern-browed.
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highbrowed (encz) | highbrowed, adj: |
lowbrowed (encz) | lowbrowed, adj: |
Beetle-browed (gcide) | Beetle-browed \Bee"tle-browed`\, a. [OE. bitelbrowed; cf. OE.
bitel, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. See Beetle an
insect.]
Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or
sullen.
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Note: The earlier meaning was, "Having bushy or overhanging
eyebrows."
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Black-browed (gcide) | Black-browed \Black"-browed`\ (bl[a^]k"broud`), a.
Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening;
forbidding. --Shak. --Dryden.
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Brazen-browed (gcide) | Brazen-browed \Bra"zen-browed`\, a.
Shamelessly impudent. --Sir T. Browne.
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Dull-browed (gcide) | Dull-browed \Dull"-browed`\, a.
Having a gloomy look.
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highbrowed (gcide) | highbrow \highbrow\ highbrowed \highbrowed\adj.
highly cultured or educated; pertaining to highly educated
people; as, highbrow events such as the ballet or opera.
[informal]
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beetle-browed (wn) | beetle-browed
adj 1: sullen or unfriendly in appearance [syn: beetle-browed,
scowling] |
highbrowed (wn) | highbrowed
adj 1: highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the
ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic" [syn:
highbrow, highbrowed] |
lowbrowed (wn) | lowbrowed
adj 1: characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does
not have intellectual tastes; "lowbrow tastes" [syn:
lowbrow, lowbrowed, uncultivated] |
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