glower
To look or stare with angerTo look or stare with anger.
» Don't glower at me.
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Examples
2 sentencesDon't glower at me.
She glowered at him.
deSie starrte ihn zornig an. — Yorwba
Meaning
1 sensesTo look or stare with anger.
ärgerlich ansehen, finster ansehen
сердито смотретьserdito smotretʹ
- look at with a fixed gaze
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
Origin
From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gleFrom 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.
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Forms
glowers, glowering, glowered, gloweredTenses
glower · glowered · will glower · have gloweredSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.