bee·tle-browed
(bē′tl-broud′)adj.
Having thick, prominent or projecting eyebrows.
[Middle English bitel-brouwed , having grim brows, sullen, perhaps from bitil, betil, bug, beetle (from the resemblance of a pair of thick eyebrows to the tufted antennae of a cockchafer); see beetle1, or from bitel, sharp (probably from Old English *bitol, biting, from Old English bite, bite); see bit2 + brouwed (from brow, brow; see brow).]
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beetle-browed
adj
1. having bushy or overhanging eyebrows
2. sullen in appearance; scowling
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| Adj. | 1. |  beetle-browed - sullen or unfriendly in appearance unfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take" |
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