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Glowering vs Dour - What's the difference?

glowering | dour |

As a verb glowering

is .

As a noun glowering

is the act of giving a glower.

As an adjective dour is

stern, harsh and forbidding.

glowering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a glower.
  • * 2001 , Roger J. Green, Cuckoos (page 60)
    • But after much whispering, cross looks from Caroline and Jane, warning glowerings from John, Sam was not chosen. He was left unselected and Mrs Firth told Sam sharply to go into Adam's team 'to make even numbers'.

    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