ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Quran glossary · draft
بسر
grimace
To draw the face into a grim strained expression under aversion or dread.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: بسر
Lemmas: بسر · باسرة
Forms: بَسَرَ · بَاسِرَةٌ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Why this meaning was chosen
Both occurrences were inspected together. One verbal event follows frowning during hostile deliberation; the active participle describes faces anticipating a crushing event. Tense and participant state remain compositional.