noun · rare

glower

glow·er

glower · glowers

An angry glare or stareAn angry glare or stare.

UK/ˈɡləʊə(ɹ)/US/ˈɡloʊə(ɹ)/

» Don't glower at me.

Meaning

2 senses

An angry glare or stare.
She sure has an awful glower on her face.
an angry stare
That which glows or emits light.

Examples

2 sentences

Don't glower at me.
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She glowered at him.
deSie starrte ihn zornig an.
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Origin

From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gle

From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gleam; to glare, glower”); or from glow (“to stare”) (obsolete), and ultimately from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language. Cognate with Low German gloren (“to flicker; to glimmer”), Dutch gloren, Icelandic glóra. By surface analysis, glow + -er (fossilized frequentative suffix). See more at glare.

From Middle English glouere, equivalent to glow + -er.

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Forms

plural: glowers

Singular	glower
Plural	glowers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

glareB2 scowl

Close in meaning

an angry stare:glare

Word family

5 related words