glowering

glow·er

 (glou′ər)
intr.v. glow·ered, glow·er·ing, glow·ers
To look or stare angrily or sullenly: glowered at the rude patron. See Synonyms at frown.
n.
An angry or sullen look or stare.

[Middle English gloren, probably of Scandinavian origin; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]

glow′er·ing·ly adv.
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glowering

(ˈɡlaʊərɪŋ)
adj
staring angrily; moody
ˈgloweringly adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.glowering - showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
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Translations
مُهَدِّدا، غاضِبا
zamračenýzlostný
finster
noir
reiîilegur
skulendetruende
öfkeli
发怒的

glowering

[ˈglaʊərɪŋ] ADJ [person] → ceñudo; [sky] → encapotado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glowering

adjfinster
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

glowering

[ˈglaʊərɪŋ] adjastioso/a, torvo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

glower

(ˈglauə) verb
to stare angrily. He glowered at me.
ˈglowering adjective
angry; threatening. a glowering look.
ˈgloweringly adverb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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