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glower

American  
[glou-er] / ˈglaʊ ər /

verb (used without object)

  1. to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

noun

  1. a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

glower British  
/ ˈɡlaʊə /

verb

  1. (intr) to stare hard and angrily

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noun

  1. a sullen or angry stare

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Related Words

See glare 1.

Other Word Forms

  • gloweringly adverb
  • unglowering adjective
  • ungloweringly adverb

Etymology

Origin of glower

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ( Scots ) glowren “to glower”; akin to Middle Low German glūren “to be overcast,” Middle Dutch gloeren “to leer”

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