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SCOWL
frown, scowl
(noun) a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
scowl
(verb) frown with displeasure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scowl (plural scowls)
The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
(by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
Verb
scowl (third-person singular simple present scowls, present participle scowling, simple past and past participle scowled)
(intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
(intransitive, by extension) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
(transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
(transitive) To express by a scowl.
Etymology 2
Noun
scowl (uncountable)
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Old workings of iron ore.
Anagrams
• Clows, cowls
Source: Wiktionary
Scowl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scowling.] Etym: [Akin to Dan. skule; cf. Icel. skolla to skulk, LG. schulen to hide one's self, D. schuilen, G. schielen to squint, Dan. skele, Sw. skela, AS. sceolh squinting. Cf. Skulk.]
1. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. She scowled and frowned with froward countenance. Spenser.
2. Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. "The scowling heavens." Thomson.
Scowl, v. t.
1. To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown. Milton.
2. To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
Scowl, n.
1. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullennes, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. With solemn phiz, and critic scowl. Lloyd.
2. Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect. Burns. A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heaven's radiant face look foul. Crashaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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