beetle-browed

[ beet-l-broud ]

/ ˈbit lˌbraʊd /

having heavy projecting eyebrows.

scowling or sullen.

Origin of beetle-browed

1325–75; Middle English bitel-browed, probably with bitel sharp(-edged), Old English *bitel (see beetle¹); see brow, -ed³

And of all other women lean, hollow-eyed, old, beetle-browed women (saith he) are the most infectious.

The Superstitions of Witchcraft |Howard Williams
I found it without difficulty—a long, low-fronted, beetle-browed farmhouse, lying back a meadow's length from the road.

A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest |Amelia B. Edwards
Another was a black-bearded, beetle-browed, hang-dog looking rascal.

The Pacha of Many Tales |Frederick Marryat
Tom Tozer was a bull-necked, beetle-browed fellow, the expression of whose face was eloquent with acknowledged roguery.

Framley Parsonage |Anthony Trollope

The rumbustious ogre has a hitherto undescribed, but quite imaginable, gap-toothed, beetle-browed ogress of a wife.

Jaffery |William J. Locke

beetle-browed

having bushy or overhanging eyebrows

sullen in appearance; scowling