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Glower vs Dour - What's the difference?

glower | dour |

As a verb glower

is to look or stare with anger.

As a noun glower

is an angry stare or glare.

As an adjective dour is

stern, harsh and forbidding.

glower

English

Alternative forms

* glour

Verb

(en verb)
  • To look or stare with anger.
    • He must be really angry, just look at him glower .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An angry stare or glare.
    • She sure has an awful glower on her face.

    See also

    * frown * scowl * glare English intransitive verbs

    dour

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Stern, harsh and forbidding.
  • Unyielding and obstinate.
  • Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.

    • Synonyms

    * forbidding, harsh, severe, stern * (unyielding) obstinate, stubborn, unyielding * (expressing gloom) dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen

    Derived terms

    * dourly * dourness