Glower \Glow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glowering \glowering\ adj.
having a cheerless aspect or disposition.
Syn: dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glowering
adj : showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum,
hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose
and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost
misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour
temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glum,
moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]
WordNet (r) 2.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "glowering":
beetle-browed, black, black-browed, dark, dejected, dour, dumpish,
frowning, glum, grim, grum, lowering, melancholy, moodish, moody,
mopey, moping, mopish, morose, mumpish, scowling, sulky, sullen,
surly
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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