glower
[glou-er]
- to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
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- a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
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Origin of glower
1350–1400; Middle English (Scots) glowren to glower; akin to Middle Low German glūren to be overcast, Middle Dutch gloeren to leer
Synonyms
See more synonyms for glower on Thesaurus.com1. See glare1.
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Historical Examples
He glowered at his fate, and tugged his tawny moustache for some time in silence.
VivietteWilliam J. Locke
Dick glowered sullenly at the wall and tugged his great moustache.
VivietteWilliam J. Locke
He arose and came around the desk, so that he stood close to Garson, at whom he glowered.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
He glowered at her as at a scout of the enemy, but she did not mind that.
The ManxmanHall Caine
Sir John glowered upon him a moment from the poop, considering.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
glower
- (intr) to stare hard and angrily
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- a sullen or angry stare
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Word Origin
C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Middle Low German glūren to watch
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Word Origin and History for glowered
glower
v.
mid-14c., "to shine;" c.1500, "to stare with wide eyes," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian dialectal glora "to glow"), from Proto-Germanic base *glo- (see glow (v.)), root of Old English glowan "to glow," which influenced the spelling. Or perhaps related to Middle Dutch gluren "to leer." Meaning "to look angrily, scowl" is first recorded 1775. Related: Glowered; glowering. As a noun, 1715, from the verb.
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