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Glower vs Sully - What's the difference?

glower | sully |

In lang=en terms the difference between glower and sully

is that glower is to look or stare with anger while sully is to become soiled or tarnished.

As verbs the difference between glower and sully

is that glower is to look or stare with anger while sully is to soil or stain; to dirty.

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

    sully

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • to soil or stain; to dirty
  • He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
  • * Roscommon
  • statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke
  • to damage or corrupt
  • He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.
  • * Atterbury
  • no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity
  • To become soiled or tarnished.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.