Scowl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To wrinkle or contract the brow as an expression of anger or disapproval. See Synonyms at frown.
  • v. To express with a frowning facial expression.
  • n. A look of anger or frowning disapproval.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
  • n. Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
  • v. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
  • v. Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
  • v. To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
  • v. To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
  • verb-intransitive. Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
  • v. To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
  • v. To express by a scowl.
  • n. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
  • n. Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lower the brows as in anger or displeasure; frown, or put on a frowning look; look gloomy, severe, or angry: either literally or figuratively.
  • To affect with a scowl: as, to scowl one down or away.
  • To send with a scowling or threatening aspect.
  • n. A lowering or wrinkling of the brows as in anger or displeasure; a look of anger, displeasure, discontent, or sullenness; a frown or frowning appearance or look.
  • n. Old workings at the outcrop of the deposits of iron ore. Some of these are of large dimensions, and are ascribed to the Romans.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. frown with displeasure
  • n. a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
  • Verb Form
    scowled    scowling    scowls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lower    lour    frown    glower    facial expression    facial gesture   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lower   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Raul    afoul    cowl    crowl    foul    fowl    growl    howl    jowl    owl   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    quizzical    disapprove