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Glowering   /glˈaʊərɪŋ/   Listen
Glowering

adjective
1.
Showing a brooding ill humor.  Synonyms: dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.  "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" , "A sour temper" , "A sullen crowd"



Glower

verb
(past & past part. glowered; pres. part. glowering)
1.
Look at with a fixed gaze.  Synonym: glare.
2.
Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.  Synonyms: frown, lour, lower.






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"Glowering" Quotes from Famous Books



... an ex-soldier and seemed a quiet, able and self-respecting but sad human being. His house and holding were in excellent order. None of his neighbours smiled on us. Some I thought went indoors needlessly; a few came as near to glowering as can be expected in Japan. I got the impression that the people were cared for but were conscious of being "hauden doon" or ...
— The Foundations of Japan • J.W. Robertson Scott

... down on his knees to ask for pardon but for the thought that someone might come. He muttered hoarsely: "By God, I was mad!" and stood glowering in sullen suspense between hardihood and fear. ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... mind him if he was fun now; but he just sits glowering at one, and stays so long. Why can't a person see when ...
— Bluebell - A Novel • Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

... Hank grumbled, in the futile repartee of the stupid. "You think you're smart, but I don't. You wait!" Then he rode away down the trail, glowering at the world through puffy lids and repeating to himself many crushing things he wished he had thought to ...
— The Lookout Man • B. M. Bower

... thrust aside violently, and the short, squat man with clipped hair stood between them, glowering, one hand gripped into a fist, and the ...
— Isle o' Dreams • Frederick F. Moore


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