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scowlful

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scowl

  [skoul]
Use scowlful 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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