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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.
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Glowered
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (Scots ) glowren to glower; akin to Middle Low German glūren to be overcast, Middle Dutch gloeren to leer
1350–1400; Middle English (Scots ) glowren to glower; akin to Middle Low German glūren to be overcast, Middle Dutch gloeren to leer
Related forms
glow·er·ing·ly, adverb
un·glow·er·ing, adjective
un·glow·er·ing·ly, adverb
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Example Sentences
- Presley wore black leather and glowered his way back to major stardom.
- Ernest over-tipped the bagagistes as usual, but they glowered at him, cornered him and made a speech.
- She glowered at us, as if adding up our virtues and finding us lacking a full measure.
Etymonline
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.
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