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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raise one's eyebrows

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
raise one's eye-brows
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of a person, to be surprised.

verb

Of a person, to be mildly disapproving of something.

Inflected Forms

raises one's eyebrows (present, singular) raising one's eyebrows (participle, present) raised one's eyebrows (participle, past) raised one's eyebrows (past)

Phrases

raise eyebrows

Frequently Paired Words

raise eyebrows

Questions

What does raise one's eyebrows mean?
Of a person, to be surprised.

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