glowering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb look at with a fixed gaze
    glower; glare.
    • The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her
  2. verb look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
    glower; lower; lour; frown.
  3. adjective satellite showing a brooding ill humor
    saturnine; dour; morose; sour; dark; glum; sullen; moody.
    • a dark scowl
    • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
    • a glum, hopeless shrug
    • he sat in moody silence
    • a morose and unsociable manner
    • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven
    • a sour temper
    • a sullen crowd

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