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glower

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glow⋅er

  [glou-er]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
–noun
2. a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (Scots) glowren to glower; akin to MLG glūren to be overcast, MD gloeren to leer

Related forms:
glow⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See glare 1 .
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glow·er   (glou'ər)   
intr.v.   glow·ered, glow·er·ing, glow·ers
To look or stare angrily or sullenly. See Synonyms at frown.
n.  An angry or sullen look or stare.

[Middle English gloren, probably of Scandinavian origin; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
glow'er·ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

glower 
1500, "to stare with wide eyes," from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norw. dial. glora "to glow"), from P.Gmc. base *glo-, root of O.E. glowan "to glow," which infl. the spelling. Meaning "to look angrily, scowl" is first recorded 1775.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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