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glower

[glou-er]

verb (used without object)

  1. to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.



noun

  1. a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

glower

/ ˈɡʊə /

verb

  1. (intr) to stare hard and angrily

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a sullen or angry stare

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • gloweringly adverb
  • unglowering adjective
  • ungloweringly adverb
  • ˈǷɱԲ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glower1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ( Scots ) glowren “to glower”; akin to Middle Low German ū “to be overcast,” Middle Dutch gloeren “to leer”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glower1

C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Middle Low German ū to watch
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Synonym Study

See glare 1.
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Anger and aggrievement are the twin engines that power the president’s glowering soul.

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The viewer is left to assume this imaginary person is still out there, glowering with hate and, more importantly, being punished for their unbelief with outward ugliness.

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It will be up to women, again, to save America from this glowering fascist menace.

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He spent the entire debate with Harris glowering at having to tolerate this woman talking back to him.

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He rarely if ever looked at her, choosing to glower at the moderators or the camera as if she were not there.

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