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Glower vs Scowled - What's the difference?

glower | scowled |

As verbs the difference between glower and scowled

is that glower is to look or stare with anger while scowled is (scowl).

As a noun glower

is an angry stare or glare.

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

    scowled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scowl)

    • scowl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
  • Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

    • Derived terms

    * (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
  • * Spenser
    • She scowled and frowned with froward countenance.
  • (by extension) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
  • * Thomson
    • The scowling heavens.
  • To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
    • to scowl a rival into submission
  • To express by a scowl.
    • to scowl defiance

    Anagrams

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