Glower

Word GLOWER
Character 6
Hyphenation glow er
Pronunciations /ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Glower"

What do we mean by glower?

To look or stare angrily or sullenly: synonym: frown. intransitive verb

An angry or sullen look or stare. noun

An angry or threatening stare. noun

In electricity, the light-giving body of a Nernst lamp. See Nernst lamp. noun

To look intently or watchfully; stare angrily or threateningly; frown.

To look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. intransitive verb

To look or stare with anger. verb

An angry stare or glare. noun

Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval verb

Look at with a fixed gaze verb

An angry stare noun

An angry glare or stare.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Glower

The word "glower" in example sentences

The expression could best be described as a glower. ❋ CLIVE CUSSLER (2000)

Setting his hand to the hilt of his sword, he cast the boy the kind of glower intended to help him make the right decision in short order. ❋ Chadwick, Elizabeth (2004)

She regarded the overdressed girl with aversion, answered her mincingly-spoken "How do you do, Marjory?" very curtly, and continued to "glower," as Mrs. Smylie described it, without saying another word. ❋ Margaret Bruce Clarke (N/A)

Quotables: She is by no means a literary genius …. .her excessive use of the word 'glower' ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Middle-aged Polish émigrés would stop and glower at the Hollywood diktats with gloomy satisfaction: You see? ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

Stephen King, of course, sometimes likes to glower at the viewer of his publicity stills, fulfilling our visual expectation that this man -- this visage as feral as Neil Young under a full harvest moon -- is a true master of horror. ❋ Michael Cavna (2010)

Other than that, Harrison-philes can check off his acting oeuvre: surprise, smirk, fury, glower, and repeat. ❋ Michael Jones (2011)

It's more likely Chairman Schmidt was thinking that bigots like Wiesenfeld have more money, more glower, and more power, than gay playwrights, wimpy professors and soft-hearted peaceniks. ❋ Rabbi Arthur Waskow (2011)

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