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Scowled

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scowl

  [skoul]
Use Scowled in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
2. to have a gloomy or threatening look.
–verb (used with object)
3. to affect or express with a scowl.
–noun
4. a scowling expression, look, or aspect.
Origin:
1300–50; ME scoulen (v.); perh. < Scand; cf. Dan skule to scowl, Norw skule to look furtively, though these may be < LG schūlen to spy

Related forms:
scowler, noun
scowlful, adjective
scowl⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. frown, lower, glare. 2. glower, gloom.
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scowl   (skoul)   
v.   scowled, scowl·ing, scowls

v.   intr.
To wrinkle or contract the brow as an expression of anger or disapproval. See Synonyms at frown.
v.   tr.
To express with a frowning facial expression.
n.  A look of anger or frowning disapproval.

[Middle English scoulen, probably of Scandinavian origin.]
scowl'er n., scowl'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

scowl  (v.)
1340, from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. skule "look furtively, squint, look embarrassed," Dan. skule "to scowl"). Probably related to O.E. sceolh "wry, oblique," O.H.G. scelah "curved," Ger. scheel "squint-eyed;" from PIE base *sqel- "crooked, curved, bent." The noun is attested from 1500.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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