scowl
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
scowl (plural scowls)
- The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
- (by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
- French: froncement
- German: Stirnrunzeln
- Italian: cipiglio
- Portuguese: carranca, cenho
- Russian: нахму́ренность
- Spanish: ceño
scowl (scowls, present participle scowling; past and past participle scowled)
- (intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
- She scowled and frowned with froward countenance.
- (intransitive, by extension) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
- The scowling heavens.
- (transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
- to scowl a rival into submission
- (transitive) To express by a scowl.
- to scowl defiance
- French: froncer, froncer les sourcils
- Italian: accigliarsi
- Portuguese: franzir o cenho
- Spanish: fruncir el ceño
- Russian: хму́риться
- Italian: guardare in cagnesco
scowl (uncountable)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Old workings of iron ore.
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