Meaning & use

furrowed

adjective·Academic

Marked with deep lines or grooves, especially describing a forehead wrinkled from worry or concentration.

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His furrowed brow showed how hard he was concentrating on the puzzle.

She read the letter with a furrowed forehead, clearly troubled by its contents.

A note on using this word

Furrowed almost always describes a brow or forehead in this figurative sense, evoking plowed furrows in a field.

Words with a similar meaning

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Another way to use it

2. verb

Past tense of furrow: to plow a field into long grooves, or to wrinkle the skin in worry or concentration.

The farmer furrowed the field before planting the spring wheat.

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