Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to frounce
Participle: frounced
Gerund: frouncing
Indicative
Present
| I | frounce |
| you | frounce |
| he;she;it | frounces |
| we | frounce |
| you | frounce |
| they | frounce |
Perfect
| I | have frounced |
| you | have frounced |
| he;she;it | has frounced |
| we | have frounced |
| you | have frounced |
| they | have frounced |
Past
| I | frounced |
| you | frounced |
| he;she;it | frounced |
| we | frounced |
| you | frounced |
| they | frounced |
Pluperfect
| I | had frounced |
| you | had frounced |
| he;she;it | had frounced |
| we | had frounced |
| you | had frounced |
| they | had frounced |
Future
| I | will frounce |
| you | will frounce |
| he;she;it | will frounce |
| we | will frounce |
| you | will frounce |
| they | will frounce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frounced |
| you | will have frounced |
| he;she;it | will have frounced |
| we | will have frounced |
| you | will have frounced |
| they | will have frounced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | frounce |
| you | frounce |
| he;she;it | frounce |
| we | frounce |
| you | frounce |
| they | frounce |
Perfect
| I | have frounced |
| you | have frounced |
| he;she;it | have frounced |
| we | have frounced |
| you | have frounced |
| they | have frounced |
Imperfect
| I | frounced |
| you | frounced |
| he;she;it | frounced |
| we | frounced |
| you | frounced |
| they | frounced |
Pluperfect
| I | had frounced |
| you | had frounced |
| he;she;it | had frounced |
| we | had frounced |
| you | had frounced |
| they | had frounced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would frounce |
| you | would frounce |
| he;she;it | would frounce |
| we | would frounce |
| you | would frounce |
| they | would frounce |
Perfect
| I | would have frounced |
| you | would have frounced |
| he;she;it | would have frounced |
| we | would have frounced |
| you | would have frounced |
| they | would have frounced |
Imperative
| you | frounce |
| we | Let's frounce |
| you | frounce |
Verbs conjugated like 'frounce'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'frounce'
flounce,
trounce,
bounce,
dounce,
enounce,
jounce,
plounce,
pounce,
praunce,
announce,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *hrunkiju (“a wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
2. Akin to Old High German runza "fold, wrinkle, crease" (German Runzel "wrinkle"), Middle Dutch ronse "frown", Old Norse hrukka "wrinkle, crease" (Icelandic hrukka "wrinkle, crease, ruck"). More at ruck₂. See: Middle English '
frouncen', Icelandic '
hrukka'.
Sample Sentences
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Beard untrimmed by barber's shears,
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Hair all frouncing 'bout his ears, [1879, Harmon Seeley Babcock, "The Peanut Man", in Trifles, Providence Press Company (1879), page 43]
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As though to give him a warlike note, his clothes were thrown on in a slovenly way, and his moustache frounced out so shock and bristling that it seemed from each hair-end a crackling oath must start with every word he said. [1887, Julian Corbett, For God and Gold, Macmillan and Co, page 214:]
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Under the day-long beating of the sun their brow is frounced out, […] [1888, Charles M. Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta, volume 1, Cambridge, page 498:]
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The unruly, shoulder-length hair of the redeemed made a strong contrast to the well-tended coiffures of fashionable men, who "frounced their hair with curling irons" and wore long "love locks" tied with ribbons or silk favors. [1983, Carolly Erickson, The First Elizabeth, St. Martin's Griffin, published 1997, →ISBN, page 307:]
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My hairdresser stopped coming. Fortunately, my friend Seton had always enjoyed frouncing my hair, and she readily took up the responsibility, fixing my hair in a different style every day. [2012, Carolyn Meyer, The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots, Harcourt, published 2012, →ISBN, page 107:]
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He frounced his brow, and from his scornful eye
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Shot wrath indignant, and disdain and pride, [1871, George Mac-Henry, Time and Eternity: A Poem, A L Bancroft and Company (1871), page 42]
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Mury, however, frounced her brows, and made Sir Tyke Winchap's niece a profound courtesy behind her back. [1885 December, “The Old Corner Shop: A Story of Very Poor Humanity”, in The Phrenological Magazine:]
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"But they know who you are?" I asked, and frounced my brow in skeptical doubt. [2000, Patrick Madden, "Down on Batlle's Farm", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 2000, page 160]