顰蹙

Reading

Kana: ひんしゅく

Romaji: hinshuku

Definition

noun

vs

1

frowning on; being shocked at

Kanji

顰

Readings: ヒン、 ひそ.める、 しか.める

Meanings: scowl, raise eyebrows

蹙

Readings: シュク、 セキ、 せ.まる

Meanings: a tight place, scowl, approaching

Example Sentence

半角(はんかく)カタカナをインターネット上(じょう)の色(いろ)んな所(ところ)で使(つか)えば、いつか顰蹙(ひんしゅく)をかいまくる事(こと)になるよ。

➥If you go around the Internet, using half-width katakana in various places, eventually you're going to end up pissing off a lot of people.