Glower

  • 11glower — v. (D; intr.) to glower at …

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  • 12glower — [[t]gla͟ʊə(r)[/t]] glowers, glowering, glowered VERB If you glower at someone or something, you look at them angrily. [V at n] He glowered at me but said nothing... He glowered and glared, but she steadfastly refused to look his way. [Also V… …

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  • 13glower — 1. verb she glowered at him Syn: scowl, glare, look daggers, frown, lower, give someone a black look; informal give someone a dirty look 2. noun the glower on his face Syn: scowl, glare, frown, black look; informal dirty look …

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  • 14glower — glow•er [[t]ˈglaʊ ər[/t]] v. i. 1) to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger 2) a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME (Scots) glowren to glower; akin to MLG glūren to be overcast, MD gloeren to …

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  • 15glower — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English (Scots) glowren; akin to Middle Low German glūren to be overcast, Middle Dutch gloeren to leer Date: 15th century to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger II. noun Date: 1715 a sullen brooding …

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  • 16glower — Synonyms and related words: angry look, bedroom eyes, color, come hither look, dirty look, evil eye, flush, frown, gape, gaze, glad eye, glare, gloom, glowering look, gnarl, goggle, grimace, growl, knit the brow, long face, look, look black, look …

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  • 17glower — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scowl, frown, glare. See resentment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. glare, scowl, sulk; see frown . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. frown, scowl, glare, lower, stare blackly, *shoot a dirty look, *scorch… …

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  • 18glower — glow|er [ glaur ] verb intransitive to look angrily at someone: GLARE ╾ glow|er noun singular …

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  • 19glower — glow·er || glaÊŠÉ™(r) v. look at with an angry expression, scowl, stare sullenly, frown …

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  • 20glower — [ glaʊə] verb have an angry or sullen look on one s face; scowl. noun an angry or sullen look. Derivatives glowering adjective gloweringly adverb Origin C15: perh. a Scots var. of dialect glore, or from obs. glow to stare , both possibly of Scand …

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