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glower
[ glou-er ]
verb (used without object)
- to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
noun
- a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
glower
/ ˈɡʊə /
verb
- intr to stare hard and angrily
noun
- a sullen or angry stare
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Derived Forms
- ˈǷɱԲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms
- Ƿİ·Բ· adverb
- ܲ·Ƿİ·Բ adjective
- un·Ƿİ·Բ· 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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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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Jones’ glower could chill you to the bone, but his smiles were radiant and honest.
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Trump glowered, rolled his eyes, and clenched his mug into a clownish grin whenever Harris succeeded in getting under his skin, the thrust of her debate strategy.
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