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scowl [skaʊl] vb (intr) to contract the brows in a threatening or angry manner n
a gloomy or threatening expression [probably from Scandinavian; compare Danish skule to look down, Old English scūlēgede squint-eyed] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
scowl verb Translations scowl [skaʊl] B. VI → fruncir el ceño, fruncir el entrecejo to scowl at sb → mirar a algn con el ceño fruncido, mirar a algn frunciendo el ceño or el entrecejo scowl [ˈskaʊl] scowl scowl [skaʊl] scowl [skaʊl] v scowl [skaul] to wrinkle the brow in displeasure He scowled furiously (at her). frons يَعْبِس، يُقَطِّبُ حاجِبَيْه мръщя се mračit se skule finster blicken αγριοκοιτάζω fruncir el ceño/entrecejo kulmu kortsutama اخم كردن rypistää kulmiaan froncer les sourcils לְהַזְעִיף פָּנִים त्योरी चढ़ाना, नाक-भौं चढ़ाना mrgođenje összevonja szemöldökét mengerutkan muka yggla sig aggrottare le ciglia 顔をしかめる 얼굴을 찡그리다 susiraukti dusmīgi skatīties; raukt pieri (dusmās) menunjukkan muka marah het voorhoofd fronsen rynke pannen, skule til nachmurzyć się franzir o sobrolho a încrunta sprâncenele хмуриться mračiť sa mrščiti se gledati mrko rynka ögonbrynen, bliga ถลึงตา kaşını çatmak 繃著臉 хмуритися, супитися تیوری چڑھانا giận dữ, cáu kỉnh 绷着脸 n angry expression on the face. frons عُبوس، تَقْطيبُ الحاجِبَيْن намръщване zamračený skulen der finstere Gesichtsausdruck βλοσυρό ύφος ceño (fruncido) põrnitsev pilk اخم vihainen katse air menaçant מַבָּט זוֹעֵף तेवर भ्रूभंग mrk pogled haragos tekintet air muka marah gretta cipiglio しかめっつら 화난 인상 rūstis dusmīgs/drūms skatiens muka marah frons skulende blikk groźne spojrzenie careta aer ameninţător сердитый вид zamračený výraz mrščenje mrk pogled bister uppsyn มีสีหน้าแสดงความโกรธ kaş çatmak 不悅之色 похмурий погляд غصیلا تیور sự cau có, sự giận dữ 怒容 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She, in fact, felt a reverence for the pictured visage, of which only a far-descended and time-stricken virgin could be susceptible; and this forbidding scowl was the innocent result of her near-sightedness, and an effort so to concentrate her powers of vision as to substitute a firm outline of the object instead of a vague one. There is defiance in the remaining stumps of her masts, raised up like maimed limbs against the menacing scowl of a stormy sky; there is high courage in the upward sweep of her lines towards the bow; and as soon as, on a hastily-rigged spar, a strip of canvas is shown to the wind to keep her head to sea, she faces the waves again with an unsubdued courage. In one of the windows of the armory overlooking the garden stood a grim, gray, old man, leaning upon his folded arms, his brows drawn together in a malignant scowl, the corners of his mouth set in a stern, cold line. |
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