Quran glossary · draft

الملمح المنقبض الدال على الشدة

contracted grim expression

A closed, contracted expression marks inward displeasure in a person or projected severity in a coming day.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: عبس

Lemmas: عبس · عبوس

Forms: عَبَسَ · عَبُوسًا

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

74:22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

76:10

إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا

80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

Why this meaning was chosen

Reviewed all three frozen occurrences on the complete 100-item page. There are no protected meanings, compacted proposals, failure candidates, or aligned witness variants on the target rows. The two Form I rows pair the facial contraction with further grimacing or turning away. The adjective transfers that grim expression to the feared day, making its severity confront people like a frowning face. Person and personified day share one visible severity core.