how would you explain "heavy-browed" in the context?
He had just caught sight of a heavy-browed young woman in a frumpy tweed suit, who was sitting on the threadbare sofa beside the door of the outer office.

how would you explain "heavy-browed" in the sentence?
Thanks!

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how would you explain "heavy-browed" in the context?
He had just caught sight of a heavy-browed young woman in a frumpy tweed suit, who was sitting on the threadbare sofa beside the door of the outer office.

how would you explain "heavy-browed" in the sentence?
Thanks!

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She had a large forehead and possible thick eyebrows.

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It could either refer to her full, perhaps bushy eyebrows, or it could mean she had a very serious expression on her face with her eyebrows lowered so that her forehead wrinkled.

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The actor Ron Perlman has been described as 'heavy-browed'.  This might be a good example:
http://photobucket.com/images/Ron%20Perlman/?page=1

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