Meaning

3 senses
  1. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

    She made a scowl.

    Stirnrunzeln

    нахму́ренностьnaxmúrennostʹ

    насупленістьnasúplenist’

    a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

  2. (broadly)Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

  3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Old workings of iron ore.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Tom scowled at Mary.

    Том сердито подивився на Мері. — deniko

    ruТом сердито посмотрел на Мэри. — sharptoothed

  2. She scowled at the rude salesman.

    ruОна бросила сердитый взгляд на грубого торговца. — odexed

    deSie schaute den unhöflichen Verkäufer finster an. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Tom and Mary scowled at each other.

  4. Tom had a scowl on his face.

    deTom schaute finster drein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. When Tom saw Mary, his scowl turned into a smile.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
wrinkling of the brows or face:
Русский
By meaning 1
wrinkling of the brows or face:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wrinkling of the brows or face:

Origin

From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably

From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule (“to scowl”), Norwegian skule (“to scowl”).

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Forms

plural: scowls
Singularscowl
Pluralscowls

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a facial expression of dislike or displeasure:frown

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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