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glower verb [ ˈɡlaʊə ]

• have an angry or sullen look on one's face; scowl.
• "she glowered at him suspiciously"
Similar: scowl, glare, stare angrily, look daggers, frown, lour, give a someone black look, pull a face, give someone a dirty look, give someone a death stare, glout, glunch,
Opposite: smile, grin,

glower noun

• an angry or sullen look.
• "the angry glower on the face of the policeman"
Similar: scowl, glare, angry stare, frown, black look, dirty look, death stare,
Origin: late 15th century: perhaps a Scots variant of synonymous dialect glore, or from obsolete glow ‘to stare’, both possibly of Scandinavian origin.


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